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Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó, King of Leinster (1042-1072), King of Dublin and High King of Ireland (1064-1072).
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Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó, King of Leinster (1042-1072), King of Dublin and High King of Ireland (1064-1072).
Why did the other Hiberno-Norse Towns Not Produce Their Own Coins?
Why did the other Hiberno-Norse Towns Not Produce Their Own Coins?
The other Hiberno-Norse towns in Ireland became urban later than Dublin: a base was established in Limerick in the 830s/840s, the initial Norse settlement seems to have been established in the 920s but …
Limerick did not develop into a town until around AD 967.
Waterford may have been urban from around AD 980
Cork had evolved to be a town in the 12th century.
The start of Wexford’s urban phase is…
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Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase II Silver Penny, Sihtric of Dublin (moneyer: Nirinn)
Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase II Silver Penny, Sihtric of Dublin (moneyer: Nirinn)
Date: c. 1018-1035
Description:
Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. 995-1036. Silver Penny (17.5mm, 1.20 g, 7h). Phase II coinage, Long Cross type. Difelin (Dublin) mint signature; ‘Nirinn,’ moneyer. Struck circa 1018-1035. O`S 12 (same rev. die as illustration); SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 88 (same dies); D&F 23; SCBC 6125A.
Good VF (gVF)
Toned
Obverse:
Draped bust left; inverted croizer behind
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