North Yorkshire Moors Collection, Part IV: Coins and Medals

XIV: Seals by Simon, Court of the Upper Bench (or Court of Common Pleas) of Ireland, 1655, a cast lead uniface Counterseal (reverse), similar, 84mm, 153.49g (Nathanson p.22; Henfrey p.216 and pl. vi, 14; Vertue xxv; Platt I, p.307; Birch 17351). Considered to be a proof impression from the die, very fine; pierced at top for suspension £400-£500

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

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Provenance: H. Oppenheimer Collection, Christie’s Auction, 27-9 July 1936, lot 306 (part), where it was noted as a “lead proof impression ...”; bt Spink 1978.

A direct photo of this seal was loose in Helen Farquhar’s copy of Henfrey, and it is likely that it belonged to her