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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 147

Ireland, Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Coinage, Copper Penny, 1602, ELIZABETH . D '. G '. AN '. FR '. ET . HIBER .' RE '., shield, dividing E-R, rev. POSVI . DEV .' ADIVTOREM . MEV '., crowned harp, dividing date, 1.98g, 10h, m.m. martlet (DF 256; S.6510A), some weakness of strike to lower half of arms and in patches on harp, but an exceptional specimen struck on an oversized flan with rich copper tone, good very fine, rare thus and delightful in hand

Provenance

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



The copper Pennies and Halfpennies of Elizabeth's Third Irish coinage are of monetary significance in that they were the first purely base token coinage to be struck at the Tower.

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£70