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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 55

Ireland, Lord of Ulster, Sir John de Courcy (1176-1204), Anonymous Coinages, 'St Patrick' Issue, Round Halfpenny or Farthing, c. 1185-1204, Cross Potent and Crescents Type, Downpatrick, [PATRICII] ("of Patrick"), Processional cross, rev. D[E] DV[N]O, cross potent with crescent in each angle, 0.25g [4.1grns], 9h (DF 47; Allen [2018], pp. 49-50, dies Bc, unlisted; S.6227 [6225]), chipped otherwise richly cabinet toned, almost very fine and very rare

Provenance

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

C J Denton, by private treaty with Simpson

J T McFarlane, Spink 27, 16 March 1983, lot 39* - "chipped as so often found, otherwise very fine and very rare" - £320 [Denton]

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£150