The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, Dublin, Færemin, in imitation of Long Cross coinage, in the name of Æthelred, draped bust left, ædelred re+ aigo, rev. færemnn mo dyfli, long voided cross, nothing in angles, 1.61g/9h (SCBI BM 31, same rev. die; cf. SCBI Copenhagen 25; SCBI Ulster 29, same rev. die; O’Sullivan 8; Roth p.73; S 6106; DF 11). A little crimped and peckmarked, otherwise very fine or better and toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200

Provenance: Bt Baldwin