Triton XVIII, Lot: 1760. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Circa 1035-1055/60. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.01 g, 11h). Phase III coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. + (HNN)C(ИИ)NIINI(NNИ)I, draped bust left; cross pomée behind / IИII IIIIΘ IIII IIII+, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; ‘hand’ symbols in second and third quarters. O'S –; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 289 (same dies); D&F 24; SCBC 6132. Near EF, toned.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Davissons, 22 February 2010.