Triton XVIII, Lot: 1758. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. 995-1036. AR Penny (17.5mm, 0.57 g, 10h). Phase II coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. Struck circa 1018-1035. Draped bust left; E on bust; pellet-in annulet behind / +IID CN[...] OIID EINI, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; E in first quarter. Blackburn & Seaby, “The ‘Francis’ and ‘Brand’ Parcels of Hiberno-Norse Coins,” in BNJ 46 (1976), F6 (this coin); cf. O'S 14; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 121 (same dies?); D&F 23; SCBC 6126. VF, toned, obverse legend obscured by double striking.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Davissons, 22 February 2010. Ex Spink 191 (28 November 2007), lot 200; Viking Collection (Spink 150, 14 March 2001), lot 1112; G.C. Francis Collection, seen at Spink in 1973. Probably ex Dunbrody hoard, 1836.