CNG 94, Lot: 1986. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. temp. Echmarcach mac Ragnaill – Murchad mac Diarmata. Circa 1036-1052. AR Penny (18mm, 0.97 g, 6h). Phase III coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. Struck circa 1035/6-1055/60. + ИHN+ИN+D(quadrate C)N+IИ, draped bust right; pellet behind neck / + IFI DI(inverted F) NИ(O with central pellet and horns) RFN, voided long cross, with central pellet and triple crescent ends; “hand” symbol in fourth angle. Blackburn 4 –; O’S –; SCBI 8 (BM), –; SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), –; SCBI 32 (Belfast), 296 (same dies); D&F 24; SCBC 6132; CNG 90, lot 2663 var. (no pellet; same rev. die). EF, toned.

From the James Fox Collection.