IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. Circa 995-1036. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 6h). Phase I coinage. Imitating Long Cross type and in the name of Æthelred II. York mint signature; Hilduf, moneyer. Struck circa 1000-1010.

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IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. Circa 995-1036. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 6h). Phase I coinage. Imitating Long Cross type and in the name of Æthelred II. York mint signature; Hilduf, moneyer. Struck circa 1000-1010. + ÆÐELRED RE+ ΛIGLIΘ, draped bust left; small cross pattée behind neck / + HIL DVLF M•Θ EΘFR, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends; pellet in 4th quarter. O'S Type 3; SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 30 (same dies); SCBC 6107. Toned, peck marks. VF. Interesting.

From an American Collection of Hiberno-Norse Pennies.

Mark Blackburn contends that the coins of this moneyer were actually struck at York, using a Hiberno-Norse styled obverse die (see M. Blackburn, “The Dublin Coinage, c. 995-1050” in BNJ 78 (2008), p. 124, and ibid., “Thoughts on imitations of the Anglo-Saxon Coinage” in SCMB 710 (1977), pp. 348–9, Reverse 2).

Closing Date and Time: 26 May 2021 at 15:53:20 ET.

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