The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, ‘London’, Dgdoa, in imitation of Last Short Cross coinage, in the name of Sihtric, draped and diademed bust left, sihtreiex diflnm, rev. dgdoa no lvndrin, short cross, 1.14g/3h (SCBI BM 56; SCBI Copenhagen 48; cf. SCBI Ulster 33; Roth –; S 6118; DF 19). Good very fine, irregular toning, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000

Provenance: Bt C.J. Denton