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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 85

Ireland, Edward IV, Second Reign (1471-1483), Light "Cross and Pellets" Coinage, Groat, 1471-1475/1479, Dublin, (m.m.) EDWARDVS : DE[I : GRA : DNS : hYBE]RN, crowned bust facing, small G on breast, annulets by neck and in spandrels of tressure at 2 and 10 o'clock, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEVM : ADIVTOR[E MEVM] // CIVITAS * DVBLINIE + long cross and trio of pellets in angles, inner pellet exchanged for rosette in first and fourth quadrants, 1.65g, 9h, m.m. pierced cross (DF 134; S.6366D), short of flan, with ghosting to obverse, toned, fine or bolder, the combination of marks unusual for a Dublin-signed Groat

Provenance

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



These obverse marks seen here on this example were also used at Drogheda with the mint mark of a pierced cross, the rosettes for pellets reverse is also typical of Limerick, however is unusual for Dublin.

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£70