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a , the obverse -lrb- right -rrb- face shows a triquetra coin and the legend anlaf cvnvncc -lrb- king anlaf , the minted old english form of '' amlaíb / Óláfr '' -rrb- at , the reverse -lrb- left -rrb- face shows a banner york , perhaps the raven banner and the name of the in moneyer , as farman moneta -lsb- rius -rsb- the early 940s sitric cáech olaf sitriuc guthfrithson eric bloodaxe blácaire mac gofrith gofraid mac edmund i eric bloodaxe blácaire mac gofrith glúniairn king of jórvík king of dublin uí Ímair edith of polesworth -lrb- possibly -rrb- 980 iona , scotland glúniairn sigtrygg silkbeard gytha máel muire harald file of amlaib cuaran.png : penny -lrb- triqueta and raven banner -rrb- amlaíb cuarán
 941 time -rrb- '' 945 -- 947 952 -- 980 '' -- -lrb- second time -rrb- '' 944 949 -- 952 '' -lrb- second dúnlaith gormflaith
amlaíb cuarán

amlaíb mac sitric -lrb- `` c '' .
927981 ; old norse : Óláfr sigtryggsson -rrb- , commonly called amlaíb cuarán , in old norse : Óláfr kváran , was a 10th-century norse-gael who was king of northumbria and dublin .
his byname , `` cuarán '' , is usually translated as `` sandal '' .
his name appears in a variety of anglicized forms , including olaf cuaran and olaf sihtricson , particularly in relation to his short-lived rule in york .
he was the last of the uí Ímair to play a major part in the politics of the british isles .
amlaíb was twice , perhaps three times , ruler of northumbria and twice ruler of dublin and its dependencies .
his reign over these territories spanned some forty years .
he was a renowned warrior and a ruthless pillager of churches , but ended his days in retirement at iona abbey .
born when the uí Ímair ruled over large areas of the british isles , by his death the kingdom of dublin was a minor power in irish politics .
at the same time , dublin became a major centre of trade in atlantic europe and mastery over the city and its wealth became the supreme prize for ambitious irish kings .
in death amlaíb was the prototype for the middle english romance character havelok the dane .
in life he was a patron of irish poets and scandinavian skalds who wrote verses praising their paymaster .
amlaíb was married at least twice , and had many children who married into irish and scandinavian royal families .
his descendants were kings in the isle of man and the hebrides until the 13th century .
