The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins & Tokens formed by Marvin Lessen

John de Courcy (c.1185-c.1205), Anonymous ‘St Patrick’ issues, Cross Potent with Crescents coinage, Farthing, Downpatrick, patricii around processional cross, rev. de [d]vno around cross potent with crescents in angles, 0.32g/6h (Allen dies Be [this specimen not listed]; SCBI Ulster 336, same obv. die; S 6227; DF 47). Edge chipped, otherwise about very fine, very rare; only one other of this die combination listed by Allen £1,000-£1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: N. Applebaum Collection, Superior Auction (Beverly Hills), 11 December 1992, lot 1472; L. La Rivière Collection, Spink Auction 178, 22 February 2006, lot 27.

Perhaps because this coin was illustrated in error as Lot 29 in the La Rivière sale catalogue, it escaped the notice of Martin Allen when compiling his recent study