Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 112
Ireland, Henry VII (1485-1509), Second Period, Class I, Late Portrait Issues, Groats, c. 1496-1505, Dublin (2), + hENRICVS . [] DE•I : GRA [] DnS . hYBERN, single and colon stops, 'open' crowned bust facing, breaking plain double tressure, rev. PROV[IDEBO AD]IVTOREVM // CIVITAS DVBLINIE, outer inscription starts at 6 o'clock relative to mint signature, long cross with trio of pellets in angles, 1.82g, 12h, no m.m. (DF 193; S.6454) double-struck with a snick from planchet and resultant softness to peripheries, toned, approaching fine, rare; another, Class IIb, Dublin, + h[ENRIC DEI GR]A[CIA REX A]G(L) Z FR, cruder 'open' crowned bust facing, breast breaking plain tressure, no marks by neck or crown, rev. [POS]V[I] DEV[M A]DIVTOR[E MEVM] // [CI]VITAS DVBLInIE, long cross with trio of pellets in angles, 1.79g, m.m. rosette [?] (DF 197; S.6459) weakly struck to peripheries, otherwise toned with colourful highlights in recesses, the portrait imposing, a bolder fine (2)
Provenance
The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins
ii) SCMB, October 1985, IH19 - 'nearly F scarce, irregular, flat outer legends in parts' - £50 [with ticket]
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Sold for
£210
Starting price
£150
