Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2133. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Hiberno-Norse Kings of York. St. Peter coinage. Circa 921-927. AR Penny (1.22 g, 12h). Sword/Hammer type. York mint. Struck under Sihtric II Caech. EIIIS/FIICT in two lines; pellet above, trefoil below, sword between / + IOE Λ RCEI, hammer of Thor. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 430-1 var. (legends); BMC -; North 556; SCBC 1015. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Ross Schraeder Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions 20 (25 March 1992), lot 1200.