The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, Dublin, Færemin, in imitation of Long Cross coinage, in the name of Sihtric, draped bust left, pellet and annulet behind, zihtre rx yflhll, rev. færemin mo dyfl, long voided cross, nothing in angles, 1.37g/1h (cf. SCBI BM 21; cf. SCBI Copenhagen 13; cf. SCBI Ulster 21; cf. Roth 19; S 6103; DF 5). Slightly crimped, very fine or better, rare £600-£800

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

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Bt Baldwin 1998

The Long Cross coinage of Æthelred II is conventionally dated c. 997-1003 and like the preceding type, imitations were produced at Dublin within a few years. An issue date around the Millennium is supported by the hoard evidence