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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 139

Ireland, Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Base Coinage, "Billon" Shilling, 1558, ELIZABETH . D '. G '. ANG '. FRA .' Z . HIB '. REGI '., crowned and draped bust left, rev. POSVI : DEVM : ADIVTOREM : MEVM ., crowned harp, dividing crowned E-R, 8.32g, 2h, m.m. rose (DF 240; S.6503), very good; the same Issue, "Billon" Groat, 1558, ELIZABETH . D '. G '. ANG '. FRA .' Z . HIB '. REGI '., crowned and draped bust left, rev. POSVI : DEVM : ADIVTOREM : MEVM, crowned harp, dividing crowned E-R, 2.63g, m.m. unclear / rose (DF 246; S.6504), porous surfaces, very good (2)

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



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