Triton XVIII, Lot: 1757. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. 995-1036. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.20 g, 7h). Phase II coinage, Long Cross type. Difelin (Dublin) mint signature; ‘Nirinn,’ moneyer. Struck circa 1018-1035. + IИTRC RE+ IDIFHI, draped bust left; inverted croizer behind / + ИI RIИ N HO DFII, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; pellet in each angle. O'S 12 (same rev. die as illustration); SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 88 (same dies); D&F 23; SCBC 6125A. Good VF, toned.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Davissons, 22 February 2010. Ex G.W. de Wit Collection (Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3306; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIV.5 (May 1976), no. 3841.