Hiberno-Norse Vikings of York, St Peter coinage (c. 905-27), Penny, 1.14g, sword/cross type, York, +sci pe/tr-mo in two lines, right-facing sword dividing, rev. eb+ioracei+ blundered and largely retrograde, small cross pattée in inner circle, pellets in angles (N.555; BMC pl. XXX, no. 1; S.1014), chipped with light flan crinkling, otherwise toned near very fine, rare.
provenance
Purchased Baldwin, £10
Lord Grantley III, 22-23 March 1944, lot 964 - £2.2.0
Estimate: £350 - £450