Glenfaba Hoard Sihtric Coin
Date made: post-mid-1020s
Description: Hiberno-Scandinavian/Hiberno-Manx transitional group. Struck from a Dublin obverse die which at some point in its life was transferred to the Isle of Man and used with locally-made reverses. In the First State (417-423) the coins are probably regular Dublin coins, but in the Second State (424-446) the coins may have been struck on the Isle of Man; the dividing line is difficult to draw. 13 coins struck from the obverse die were previously known. First State.
+ZIHTRCRE+DYFL +FAE/REH/NMO/DYFL
Two small pellets in second quarter of reverse crack in die apparent in first quarter.
Measurements: c.20mm diameter; 1.36g weight; die-axis 100
Materials: silver
Date found: 25 March 2003
Object name: coin
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 2004-0123/423