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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 44

Hiberno-Norse, under Gaelic Authority (c. 1115-1170), Phase VII, Semi-Bracteate Incuse Penny, 'Wexford' Type, cross pommée over long cross, I mark in each eighth part, rev. obverse design incuse, 0.59g (SCBI 8 [British Museum] -; SCBI 32 [Ulster] -; Woods [2014], Type W2, no. 992 this coin; cf. S.6202/6202A), approximately 30% missing to a large chip, otherwise of stable fabric, cabinet toned, very fine, and extremely rare

Provenance

The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins

C J Denton, by private treaty

Glendining, 13 May 1981, lot 92 - 'a large fragment, extremely rare' - £360 [Denton]


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