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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 117

Ireland, Henry VIII, with Anne Boleyn (1509-1547), First Harp Issue, Groat, 1534-1535, Tower, hENRIC '. VIII D ' : G ' : R ' AGLIE . Z, single and double saltire stops, crowned shield over cross fourchée, rev. . FRANCE : DOMINVS : hIBERNIE ' :, single and double saltire stops, crowned harp, dividing crowned h-A, 2.44g, 2h, m.m. crown (DF 201; S.6472), the first appearance of the harp on Irish coinage, on a near full flan, lightly tone, about very fine

Provenance

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



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£270

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£100