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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 123

Ireland, Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second Harp Issue, Groat, 1540-1542, Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC VIII ': DI .' GRACIA [AN]GLIE, single and double saltire stops, crowned shield over cross fourchée, rev. FRANCIE[ ]ET : hIBERNIE[ ].[ ]., crowned harp dividing crowned h-R, 2.43g, 5h, m.m. lys [trefoil ?] (S.6480), slightly irregular flan and with partial peripheral striking softness, otherwise a bolder fine

Provenance

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



Metallurgical analysis indicates 75-78% silver content, attributed to Second Issue and the IM interpreted as trefoil rather than lys thus.

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