H4002 - Viking Kingdom of York, St. Peter of York Coinage (c.905-927), Phase 1

Ex Geashill Hoard, Co. Offaly, Ireland, c.1862.

H4002 - Viking Kingdom of York, St. Peter of York Coinage (c.905-927), Phase 1 (c.905-c.910), Penny, 1.32g., York mint, SC IIETRIN (Sancti Petri Moneta - the money of St. Peter), in two lines, pellet above, a pellet and two crosses in between, rev., small cross, +EBORACE CI (Eboraci Civitas - City of York) around, (N.551; S.1006), toned, good very fine, scarce, great provenance. $2095 SOLD
Provenance Ex Geashill Hoard, Co. Offally, Ireland, discovered c.1862 (A. H. Baldwin stock ticket in the hand of Michael Sharp) The Geashill Hoard of York Viking pennies, see Dolley, Michael, "An unpublished Hoard of St. Peter Pence'. Numismatic Chronicle, 1957, pp.123-32.