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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 347

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First and Second Issues, Tower (8), Shillings (4), 1559-1560, (m.m.) ELIZABETH . D.' G.' ANG. FRA.' Z.' HIB. REGI.', wire line and beaded inner circles, crowned bust left, rev. (m.m) POSVI DEV.' ADIVTORE M. MEVM, long cross fourchée over square narrow shield, 4.86g, 7h, m.m. lys (North 1985; S.2549), rubbed largely flat to portrait with graffito, mediocre / fine; also, 1560-1561 (3), similar, but with larger busts, m.m. martlet (2), 5.78g, 3h; another, 5.55g, 1h; also, 5.60g, 10h, m.m. cross-crosslet (North 1985; S.2555), all rubbed, the last porous, otherwise good to fair; also, Groats, 1560-1561 (2), crowned and draped bust left, no rose, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 1.95g, 11h, m.m. martlet; another, 1.83g, 4h, m.m. cross-crosslet (North 1986; S.2556); and Second Issue, Halfgroat, 0.87g, 5h, m.m. martlet (North 1999; S.2557), both bolder than fine; also, Halfgroat, 5h, m.m. cross-crosslet, some minor surface marks and rub to portrait, otherwise toned, fair / fine, scarce; lastly, Penny, 1560-1561, 0.49g, 4h, m.m. martlet (North 2001; S.2558), good fine (8)

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


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