1 Penny - Sihtric Anlafsson Late long cross, Ш, ⊚

Sihtric Anlafsson — Sihtric III Silkbeard — ruled Dublin for an extraordinarily long stretch by the standards of any medieval polity, and his coinage reflects it. This type imitates the English Late Long Cross series of Æthelred II almost directly, a deliberate act of monetary alignment with the dominant commercial power across the Irish Sea. Dublin under Sihtric was less an isolated Norse enclave than a trading entrepôt deeply entangled with English monetary practice. He was present at Clontarf in 1014, survived it, and continued minting for another two decades — a detail this coin quietly marks.