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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 73

Ireland, Edward I (1272-1307), Second Coinage, Penny, 1279-1284, Dublin, •EDWR ' ANGL' DNS hY[B], large lettering and non-standard spacing of obverse inscription, crowned facing bust with large egg-shaped pellet below in triangle, rev. CIVITAS DVBLINIE, closed C, open E, long cross, with trio of pellets in angles, 1.34g, 4h (SCBI 10 [Ulster Museum], 533 same dies; S.-), uniformly dark tone, very fine and a rare variety

Provenance

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

C J Denton, by private treaty with Simpson

G E Chapman, Glendining, 9 September 1978, lot 173 - 'very fine, very rare' - £550 [Denton]

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Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£150