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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 130

Ireland, Edward VI (1547-1553), Coinage of 1552, Base Silver Shilling, M:D:LII [1552], Dublin, EDWARD [ ] V . I . D .' G .' AGL '. FRA[ ]REX., crowned and draped bust right, rev. TIMO[R : DOM]INI : FONS : VI[TAE] : M : D : LII. (the fear of the Lord is the fountain of life 1552), arms in oval garnished shield, 4.68g, 2h, m.m. harp (Bispham, p. 140, Fig. 2A; DF 213; S.6494), very good, the first Irish coin to bear a common era date; additionally, Contemporary Brass or 'Bungal' Shilling, EDWARD '. VI . D '. G '. AGL '. FRAN '. Z .H(?)[IB '. REX]., crowned and draped bust right, rev. [T]IMOR : DOMINI : FONS : VITE : M : D :[ ], date unclear, arms in oval garnished shield, 6.78g, 3h, m.m. harp (S.6494A) fine/very good (2)

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



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