277, Lot: 399. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. temp. Echmarcach mac Ragnaill – Murchad mac Diarmata. Mid 11th century. AR Penny (18mm, 0.97 g, 10h). Phase III coinage. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. Struck circa 1035-1055/60. Draped bust left; pellet behind / Voided long cross with triple crescent ends; ‘hands’ in second and fourth quarters. O'S 16; SCBI 8 (BM), 142-3; SCBC 6132; I. Stewart, “A Group of Hiberno-Norse Pennies,” in NumCirc November 1971, 18 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Innisfree Collection. Ex Spink 23 (21 September 1982), lot 92.