Hiberno-Norse Coins Ireland - Sihtric Anlafsson - Long Cross and Hand Coinage - Portrait Penny
1035-1060 A.D. Phase III, imitating long cross issue of Aethelred II. Obv: profile bust left with +IINITRCMERIIO blundered legend, within a beaded border. Rev: long voided cross with 'hand' in two angles with I+I - IICI - IOI - CID blundered legend, within a beaded border. S. 6132A; D&F 24; see SCBI 32 (Belfast), 134-298. 0.93 grams. Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569.Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.