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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 100

Ireland, Richard III (1483-1485), "Three Crowns" Coinage, Groat, Waterford, [RICAR]DVS DI GRATIA REX, retrograde S, Royal Arms within quadrilobe over long cross bottonée, rev. [CIVITAS W] [ATE]RFORDAIE, three flat crowns within tressure of eight arcs in pale over long cross bottonée, 1.79g, 9h (DF 179; S.6413 same obverse die), clipped and rubbed, otherwise toned, strictly fine or marginally bolder, OF THE HIGHEST RARITY

Provenance

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

With printed collecter's ticket, stating: "sole example in private ownership [?]"

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Sold for
£8,500

Starting price
£500