Auction Catalogue

16 March 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes, to include the Professor Jeffrey P Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 (Part II) and British Medals from the James Spencer Collection (Part III)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 947

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16 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£900

Hiberno-Norse issues (c.995-c.1150), Penny, ‘Scrabo Hill’ type bracteate, plain cross over quatrefoil, 0.47g (S 6194; DF 34). Edge chipped, about very fine, extremely rare (£1,000-1,200)

Provenance:
G.E. Chapman Collection, Glendining Auction, 9 November 1978, lot 158
G. Brady ‘Millennial’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 29 April 2000, lot 18