ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Sihtric Caech. 920/1-927. AR Penny (20mm, 1.20 g, 6h). Sword/Hammer type. Uncertain Southumbrian mint, possibly Lincoln; Tidwulf, moneyer. SITR/IC REX in two lines; sword between / + DEDLVF MOT, upright hammer. Cf. Blackburn, Supp. –; SCBI –; North –; SCBC 1013. Toned, deposits. EF. Exceptionally well struck for the series. Extremely rare.
The 910s saw the Anglo-Saxons under Edward the Elder reconquer most of the Danelaw south of the river Humber, with Ragnall, the Danish king of Northumbria, even submitting to the English. After Ragnall’s death, Sihtric Caech, former King of Dublin, arrived in York to take the throne of Northumbria. Sihtric would renege on his predecessor’s agreement, raiding into the southern territories. This coin, struck south of the Humber, possibly at Lincoln, is a numismatic tie to the uncertain period. and the last Viking coin struck in southern England.
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