Glenfaba Hoard Sihtric Coin
Date made: post-mid-1020s
Description: Hiberno-Scandinavian or Transitional Group. Pellet cross and extra pellets in field and slash before face. Normally classified as Hiberno-Scandinavian Phase II, but some features common to the Transitional Die group and seem to have been influenced by it. It is not clear whether they were copied in Dublin or represent a further transitional group from Man.
+I I MTRCRI+DL INI (L is upside down and backwards). +FIE/REIM/NHO/DIME
Inverted 'T' symbol on neck.
Slightly bent and uneven surface.
Measurements: c.20mm diameter; 0.96g weight; die-axis 270
Materials: silver
Date found: 25 March 2003
Object name: coin
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 2004-0123/451