The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, ‘Ringerike’/Long Cross type, pelleted annulet at centre of saltire of four croziers, reversed S to left, scourge (?) and trefoil of pellets to right, rev. long voided cross, pellet and trefoil of pellets in alternate angles, blundered legends both sides, 0.90g/12h (SCBI BM 193-8, same dies; SCBI Copenhagen –; cf. SCBI Ulster 350-1; O’Sullivan 58-9; cf. Roth 172; S 6182; DF 30). About very fine, dark tone, very rare £2,000-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins.

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‘Terenure’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 20 February 1998, lot 24

The six die-linked specimens in the British Museum are all from the 1834 Kirk Michael (Isle of Man) Hoard