CNG 93, Lot: 1894. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. 995-1036. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 1h). Phase II coinage. Difelin (Dublin) mint signature; ‘Faeremin,’ moneyer. Struck circa 1018-1035. + SIHTRC REX DУFLM, draped bust right; cross pattée behind neck / + FÆ REMI N MΘ DУFLI, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends and pellet in each angle. SCBI 8 (BM), 65 var. (DУFLNI on obverse); SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 58 (same dies); D&F 23; SCBC 6122. Choice EF, attractively toned. Sharply struck.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXIV (6 May 1995), lot 502.