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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 313

Voce Populi Coinage (8) | Ireland, Voce Populi, Copper Halfpennies (7), including 1760, laureate bust right, roughly struck, dot near "L", rev. Hibernia on harp, two annulets on harp, six strings, plain edge, 8.08g, 6h (DF 575; Nelson 10; Zelinka 13-K; KM Tn22), portrait rather flattened, area of blunder on reverse from porous metal, otherwise toned in the recesses, very fine, rare, one of only 31-75; and 1760, laureate bust right, flatly struck, rev. Hibernia on harp, seven strings, vertical harp strings, plain edge, 5.65g, 6h; 4.91g, 6h (DF 570; Nelson 2; Zelinka 4-B; KM Tn22), details largely worn down, some porosity to the metal, fine, two of only 201-500; and another, older head, otherwise similar, 7.20g, 5h (DF 566; Nelson 4; Zelinka 2-A; KM Tn22), over 1,250 struck, higher points and legends softened, light tone, fine; and 1760 VOCE; 1760 VOOE, sharp featured laureate bust right, flatly struck, rev. Hibernia on harp, eight strings, plain edge, 7.36g, 6h; 6.36g, 6h (DF 573, 574; Nelson 3; Zelinka 7-E; KM Tn22), one more worn, the other with only a slight softening to the higher points, lightly toned, very fine, two of 201-500; and 1760, long-headed laureate bust right, P adjacent to top of nose, rev. Hibernia on harp, six strings, plain edge, 6.45g, 6h (DF 576; Nelson 12; Zelinka 15-N; KM Tn22), flatness throughout the coin, slightly off struck, toned, fine, one of 501-1,250; and Farthing, 1760, VOCE POPULI, laureate bust right, rev. HIBERNIA, Hibernia seated facing left, date in exergue, edge plain, 3.03g, 5h (DF 578; Seaby TE7), previously wiped and pitted, with hints of red, fine, scarce (8)

Provenance

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

i) with ticket


Nelson wrote "this type is apparently unpublished" (Prior to 1905)



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£550

Starting price
£380