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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 79

Ireland, Edward IV, First Reign (1461-1470), Heavy "Cross and Pellets" Coinage, Groat, c. 1465-1467, First Issue, Dublin, (m.m.) EDWARDVS : [DEI] : GRA : DNS : hYBERN[I], double saltire stops, crowned facing bust in tressure, no marks rev. POSVI DEVM : ADIVTORE : MEVM // CIVITAS : DVBLINIE : double saltire stops, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 2.95g, 2h, m.m. rose (DF 118; S.6306 [6290]), on a short but exceptionally heavy weight planchet, pleasantly toned, a bolder very fine, rare thus

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



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