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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 52

Plantagenet Lords of Ireland, Prince John (1177-1199), Second Coinage, Round 'Mascle' Farthing, c. 1185-1208, Dublin, Adam, mascle with central pellet and trefoil of pellets at each corner within a beaded circle, rev. A-D-A-M in angles of cross within beaded circle, 0.43g (cf. SCBI 10 [Ulster Museum], 131; O'Sullivan [1964], 1, dies -/-; DF 41; S.6220), slightly crimped and with partial striking softness, otherwise richly cabinet toned, a really bold fine to almost very fine, very rare

Provenance

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

C J Denton, by private treaty, April 1980

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£300