Triton XVIII, Lot: 1761. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Circa 1035-1055/60. AR Penny (17mm, 0.87 g, 10h). Phase III coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. + IHTDCIICIIII, draped bust left; three small pellets and wedge on neck / + C NΘI NCI DI-I, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; ‘hand’ symbols in second and third quarters, tiny pellets in first and fourth. O'S –; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 269 (same dies); D&F 24; SCBC 6132. Good VF, toned.

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