CNG 102, Lot: 1556. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. Circa 995-1036. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 9h). Phase II coinage, Long Cross type. Difelin (Dublin) mint; ‘Faeremin’, moneyer. Struck circa 1015-1035. Draped bust left; cross pattée behind neck / + FÆ REMI N MΘ DУFLI, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; pellet in third quarter. Cf. O'S 10; cf. SCBI 32 (Ulster), 49-57; cf. SCBI 8 (BM), 64-6; D&F 23; SCBC 6122. Near EF, toned.