283, Lot: 516. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. temp. Echmarcach mac Ragnaill – Murchad mac Diarmata. Mid 11th century. AR Penny (18mm, 0.99 g, 9h). Phase III coinage. Struck circa 1035-1055/60. Draped bust left; pellet behind / Voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; ‘hand’ in fourth quarter. O'S -; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 296; SCBC 6133. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Innisfree Collection.