CNG 90, Lot: 2665. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. temp. Domnall mac Taidc Ua Briain – Brotar mac Torcaill. Early-mid 12th century. AR Penny (18mm, 0.43 g). Phase VI coinage. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Struck circa 1095/1100-1150. Crude draped bust left; crozier before / Voided long cross, with annulet at center and cruciform scepters and pellets alternating in quarters. SCBI -; SCBC 6187. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Innisfree Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4. (August 2000), no. 3063. Millennial Collection (Whyte’s/Finn, 29 April 2000), lot 16.