CNG 85, Lot: 1556. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Phase III. Circa 1035-1055/60. AR Penny (18mm, 0.88 g, 6h). Imitating Æthelred II Long Cross type. Dublin mint. + IHRC(NR)+HO(ИN), draped bust left; two pellets before / + III RIII OIII DNI, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends; “hand” in 2nd and 4th quarters. SCBI -; O’S -; D&F 24; SCBC 6132; Baldwin’s 42, lot 1209 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die). Good VF, toned, area of flat strike.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.