Important British and World Coins

Olaf Sihtricsson (First reign, 941-944), Olaf Sihtricsson (First reign), Penny, anlaf cvnvnc m around triquetra, rev. ascolv monetra around standard, 1.12g/4h (N 540; S 1020). Good very fine, very rare (£7,000-8,000)

Provenance:
Found near Beverley (E. Yorkshire), 2004.

Olaf Sihtricsson was also known as Anlaf Quaran Sihtricsson, accounting for the name on this coin which featured in The Searcher, February 2005, p.10. It is pertinent to mention that the coin illustrated in the Spink Standard Catalogue of British Coins is one of Sihtric Sihtricsson (S 1026)