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. Pellet cross in field behind head and symbol on neck.
+HITRCRE+HEIN +FAE/REMI/I-NIO/DIFLI
Wedge cross in neck, one pellet in each floret in reverse.
Slightly bent (x1).
Measurements: c.20mm diameter; 1.17g weight; die-axis 300
Materials: silver
Date found: 25 March 2003
Object name: coin
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 2004-0123/412