416, Lot: 597. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Circa 1035-1055/60. AR Penny (18mm, 0.84 g, 6h). Phase III coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. + IIITIDFILFIDI, draped bust left / + I· I- R·N LII ·LIL, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; pellet in first quarter, 'hand' symbols in second and third quarters. O'S –; SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 188 (same dies); D&F 24; SCBC 6132; Triton XVIII, lot 1759 (same dies). Near EF, toned, a couple of hard green deposits.

From the D.C. Kopen Collection.