Watch List notes:

Danelaw, Hiberno-Norse Kings of Northumbria and Dublin, Ánláf Guthfrithsson {Óláfr Guðrøðsson} (939-41), Penny, Raven type, Jórvík [York], Æthelferth, 1.30g, 10h, ·+ANLAF CVNVNC·, Raven upwards, head left, wings outstretched, crescent shaped privy marks about beginning rev. +AÐELFERD MINETR, small cross pattée (EMC 2014.0032 this coin; SCBI 29 [Merseyside], 410 same obverse die; N.537; Spink 1019), evidence of crimping, otherwise attractively toned to peripheries, and much as the last, an icon of Anglo-Viking numismatics, about very fine, rare.
Provenance
Spink 223, March 26-27 2014, lot 1350
~ Found near Dunnington (East Yorkshire), 1992 ~


Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000