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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 49

Plantagenet Lords of Ireland, Prince John (1177-1199), Second Coinage, Round Halfpenny, 'Count de Mortain' Type, struck after 20 July 1189, Dublin, Rodberd, + IOHANNES DEM, diademed head facing with half side curls, rev. + RODBERD ON DW, voided cross potent with annulets in angles, pellet in the second third and fourth angle and in each annulet, 0.75g, 10h (O'Sullivan [1964], dies 9/11 [Rodberd] same reverse die; cf. Ulster Museum 57; S.6206), struck on a broad flan, field tone with organic deposits in recesses, otherwise a really bold fine / near very fine, and presumed struck after Prince John's gift of the County of Mortain in July 1189, very rare

Provenance

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



The DEM used in the obverse legend can be understood as an abbreviation of Comes [count] de Mortain.

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£1,500

Starting price
£100