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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 305

Ireland, CO. ARMAGH, Armagh, Alex. Morton, Threepence, 1736, ALEX : | MORTON | ARMAGH | three pellets within annulets, centre with smaller pellets around, | 1736, small scroll after MORTON and ARMAGH, rev. I PROMIS : | TO : PAY : THE | : BEARER | : THREE : | : PENCE :, (D. 26; Seaby TD16), with usual creases and thus soft in parts, otherwise a uniform strike, near very fine, scarce

Provenance

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



Alex. Morton, horologist. 'Another point of interest is the way in which the line of three annulets enclosing pellets on Morton's coins echoes the similar design often found inside the chapter rings of his own, and other clocks of the period. It would seem not too far-fetched to suggest that both the clock dials (one part of the operation certainly produced locally) and the dies for these tokens were engraved by the same person or persons.' (Heslip, BNJ 1992, p.172)

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£210