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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 131

Ireland, Mary Solus (1553-1558), First Issue, Shilling, 1553, .583 Base Silver, MARIA . D '. G '. ANG[ ]. FRA '. Z . HIB '. REGINA :, crowned and draped bust left, rev. VERITAS : TE[MP]ORIS : FILIA : M : D : LIII : (Truth the daughter of Time 1553), crowned harp, dividing crowned M-R, 5.77g, 1h, no m.m. (DF 224; S.6495), slightly doubled, with old scratches to fields and portrait, fine or marginally better to legends, rare

Provenance

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



The first depiction of a woman in Irish coinage and the largest facial portrait of Mary in the coinages of Ireland or England.

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Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£400