Triton XVIII, Lot: 1762. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Circa 1035-1055/60. AR Penny (17mm, 0.90 g, 6h). Phase III coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. + III+IIIRIIDIDIEIII, draped bust left; quatrefoil of pellets on neck / + III DIDI I+II IDII, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; pellets in first and fourth quarters, ‘hand’ symbol in second, 8 in fourth. O'S 20; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 278 (same dies); D&F 24; SCBC 6132. EF, toned.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Davissons, 22 February 2010. Ex Spink 172 (31 March 2005), lot 224; Seaby Auction 3 (21 March 1984), lot 468.