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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 132

Ireland, Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Shilling, 1555, .250 Fine Silver, PHILIP . ET : [MA]RIA : D : G : REX : ET : REGINA : ANG :, busts face to face, date below and crown above, rev. POSVIMVS : DEVM : ADIVTOREM : NO[STR]VM : (We Have Made God Our Helper), crowned harp, dividing crowned P-M, 8.63g, 10h, i.m. portcullis (DF 232; S.6500), Mary's portrait weak but better than most surviving specimens of the issue, with light porosity on account of the base fabric, nevertheless, a bolder fine

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



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£240

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