Hiberno-Norse from the Lasser Collection

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1754. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. 995-1036. AR Penny (20mm, 1.50 g, 3h). Phase I coinage, Long Cross type. Difelin (Dublin) mint; Faeremin, moneyer. Struck circa 1000-1010. + SITRIC REX DYFLIN, draped bust left; pellet behind / + FÆREMI N M·Θ DYFLI, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends. O'S –; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 17; D&F 5; SCBC 6103. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex G.W. de Wit Collection (Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3304; Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 8 (10 April 1997), lot 2190.