Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 346
Mary and Philip (1554-1558), Shilling, 1555, Tower, busts vis-a-vis, crown dividing date above, English titles, legend ends ANGL, rev. crowned shield, with value, 5.80g, 1h (North 1968; S.2501), obverse quite heavily worn, reverse better, clipped but otherwise toned, fine; and Sixpence, 1557, Tower, English titles, similar, 2.39g, 6h (North 1971; S.2506), worn at the creases, toned, fine; and Groat, Tower, crowned bust left, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.77g, 10h (North 1973; S.2508), worn, contact marked, deeply toned, fine; and Base Issue Pennies, London; another, York (S.2474, 2475), worn, fair (5)
Provenance
The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins
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Sold for
£300
Starting price
£180