277, Lot: 398. Estimate $500. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. temp. Echmarcach mac Ragnaill – Murchad mac Diarmata. Mid 11th century. AR Penny (17mm, 0.76 g). Phase III coinage. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. Struck circa 1035-1055/60. Draped bust left; pellet before, trefoil of pellets behind / Voided long cross with triple crescent ends; ‘hands’ in second and fourth quarters. O'S 16; cf. SCBI 8 (BM), 136; SCBC 6132. VF, slightly wavy, hairline flan cracks.

From the Innisfree Collection.