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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 59

Ireland, John, as King (1199-1216), Third Coinage, Penny, c. 1208-1212, Limerick, Willem, IOhA-NNES REX, S retrograde, crowned facing bust holding sceptre with rose to right in triangle, rev. WILLEM ON LIME, whorl over crescent with three stars in triangle, crosses on vertices and over each part of inscription, 1.38g, 2h (SCBI 10 [Ulster], 400; DF 50; S.6229), darkly cabinet toned, pleasingly struck up to central devices, very fine, rare

Provenance

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



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£270

Starting price
£100