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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 142

Ireland, Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second Coinage, "Fine" Groat, 1561, ELIZABETH . D : G . A . F . Z . HIBER[NI]E . RE., crowned bust facing left, rev. [POSVI DEV]M : ADIVTORE[M : MEVM], three harps on crowned indented shield, dividing date, 0.93g, 10h, m.m. harp (DF 251; S.6506) clipped, scratched on obverse, fine

Provenance

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



The groats of the fine issue are much scarcer than the shillings; based on the total coinage amount of £12,000 and the proportions of the denominations used in the trial of the pyx on 24 October 1461, an estimated 215,000 shillings were coined, versus a mere 72,000 groats (Christopher Comber, online article at https://www.mernick.org.uk/bexley/article1.htm).

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£270

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£30