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IR1506 -
Hiberno-Norse Kings of
Dublin, Phase V, Penny, 0.78g,
(c.1065-1095), ‘Ringerike’ type, abstract deign of curves around
central annulet, blundered legend, rev., voided long cross type, with
annulet in 1st quarter, hand in 4th quarter, curves in others, (SCBI British
Museum 211-214; S.6182), weakly struck in parts, otherwise toned,
good very fine, very rare. $2645 SOLD
- Provenance:
Ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection (1898-1968), Schulman Auction, 26-28
May 1970, lot 1137.
Ex Spink Auction 191, lot 209.
- Ex John Chown Collection, Spink Auction, lot 1145.
- The 'Ringerike' style is the name given to the
elaborate interlaced designs commonly found in Viking Age art, after the
region in Norway by the same name. This obverse of this type has
one of the most original designs in the Hiberno-Norse series, as it does not
appear to copy a contemporary Anglo-Saxon or Norman coin design.
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