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Ireland, Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Sihtric, Phase I, Penny, imitating Aethelred II Last Small Cross type, diademed bust left, sihtrc rex dyfln mo, rev. small cross, dgdoa mo lvn dyfli, 1.06g/12h (SCBI BM 58, same rev. die; S 6117; DF 18). Crimped and with a few peckmarks, very fine and very rare £1,200-1,500

Provenance: Morton & Eden Auction 68, 10-11 June 2014, lot 248

The reverse legend seems to be an odd conflation of London and Dublin