Glenfaba Hoard Sihtric Coin
Date made: deposited c.AD 1035
Description: Hiberno-Scandinavian Phase II reduced weight imitation of Long Cross pennies of Aethelred II minted in Dublin. A small cross or other symbol usually appears behind the neck and a small pellet (or sometimes another symbol) is in each quarter of the reverse. The lines of drapery tend to be in parallel loops, whereas those on Phase I coins converge on the brooch under the chin. Symbols before face but not behind head.
+HNTNFNE+IIDINFIN +LEF/DINE/MOI/DIFI
Two pellets in quarters three and four.
Very slightly bent and cracked down the middle.
Measurements: c.20mm diameter; 1.07g weight; die-axis 210
Materials: silver
Date found: 25 March 2003
Object name: coin
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 2004-0123/296