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CNG 102, Lot: 1555. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. Circa 995-1036. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 6h). Phase I coinage, Long Cross type. Difelin (Dublin) mint; Færeman, moneyer. Struck circa 1000-1010. Draped bust left; pellet to right / + F•Æ REMI N MΘ DYFLI, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends; pellet in each central crescent. Cf. O'S 6 (for type); SCBI 8 (BM), 21 (same dies); SCBI 32 (Ulster), 19-20 var. (no pellets in crescents); SCBC 6103. EF, lightly toned, slightly wavy flan.