283, Lot: 518. Estimate $500. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. temp. Echmarcach mac Ragnaill – Murchad mac Diarmata. Mid 11th century. AR Penny (16mm, 0.98 g, 12h). Phase III coinage. Struck circa 1035-1055/60. Draped bust left; cross on neck / Voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; ‘hand’ in first and fourth quarters. O'S -; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 266-7; SCBC 6132. VF, toned, double struck.

From the Innisfree Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular (February 2005), no. IH0149; Davissons 8 (10 April 1997), lot 523.