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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 128

Ireland, Edward VI, in the name of Henry VIII (1547-1553), Posthumous Issues, Sixpences, 1547-c.1550, Dublin (4), HENRIC[ ]8 : D ': G': [ ]ANC ':[ ]HIB ': REX, crowned bust of early Tower style facing half-right, rev. CIVITAS DVBLINIE, arms over cross, 2.31g, 4h, i.m. boar's head (DF 214; S.6485), the pyx mark crisp on reverse; another, HENRI[C]8 D G ' AGL' FRA[ ]:[ ]IB ' REX., smaller crowned bust of late Tower style facing half-right, rev. CIVITAS DVBLINIE, arms over cross, 2.43g, 12h, i.m. harp (DF 218; S.6488) first scratched on obverse, very good/fine; second porous surfaces, fine/very fine; another, [inscription largely illegible], crowned bust of early Tower style facing half-right, rev. [CI]VITAS DVBLINI[E], arms over cross, 1.83g, 10h, i.m. uncertain (DF 218; S.6488); another, HENRIC '. 8 : D .' G .' AGL .' FR[ ]' Z[ ]HI[ ]REX., crowned bust of late Tower style facing half-right, rev. CIVITAS DVBLINIE , arms over cross, 2.43g, 5h, i.m P (DF 218; S.6488), porous surfaces, first with two edge cracks, very good/fine; second about fine; lastly, Posthumous Issues, Threepences, 1547-c.1550, Dublin (2), HENRIC[ ]8 . D . G . AG . FR . Z . HIB . REX, crowned bust of either early Tower or local style, rev. CIVI-TAS-DVB-LINIE, arms over cross, 1.27g, 2h, i.m. harp (DF 220; S.6489 or S.6490); another, Dublin, HENRIC 8 : D : G[ ]AG : FR : Z : HI[ ], crowned bust of late Tower style facing half-right, rev. CIVI[TAS] DVBLINI[E], arms over cross, 1.08g, 1h, i.m. P (DF 221; S.6491) first centres weak, very good; second double-struck on reverse, near fine (6)

Provenance

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

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£320

Starting price
£200