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Richard III (1483-1485), Suns and Roses Coinage, Groat, Drogheda, mm. cross/rose, bust facing, sun and rose by crown, rose and sun by neck, rev. large rose at centre of cross, 1.86g/2h (S 6406; DF 172). Slightly small of flan, otherwise very fine or better with portrait and other details clear, toned, extremely rare thus £5,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Inchiquin Money, Crown, 19 dwt 8 gr within beaded borders, 29.35g/6h (S 6532; DF 274). Slightly weak on one side, otherwise very fine, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Charles II (1649-1685), Ormonde coinage of 1649, Crown, mm. lis, 25.48g/6h (S 6553; DF 336). Weak area on each side, otherwise very fine, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Henry VII (1485-1509), Lambert Simnel issues (late summer 1487), Groat, Waterford, e[ ––– ] anl, shield in quatrefoil, stars in lower spandrels, rev. civi [ –– ]rfor, three crowns in double tressure, reversed e below, annulet terminals both sides, 1.40g/12h (N 1756; S 6428; DF 189). Legends unfortunately indistinct but the type unambiguous and numismatically important, about fine and extremely rare £3,000-£4,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Confederate Catholics issues, ‘Rebel Money’, Halfcrown, 11.21g (Bull 18; S 6559; DF 315). Minor surface flaws, small dig on reverse, otherwise fine, very rare £3,000-£4,000
£3,000–£4,000
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross/Harold II PAX coinage, crude bust left, annulet on neck, cross between two pellets in front of face, rev. blundered inscription across field, blundered legends both sides, 0.94g/9h (SCBI BM 220, same dies; SCBI Copenhagen 261; SCBI Ulster 333; O’Sullivan 33; Roth 198; S 6151; DF –). Better than very fine, toned, extremely rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
Mary (1553-1554), Shilling, mdliii, mm. lis, reads hib regina, 5.92g/10h (S 6495; DF 224). Very fine and toned, rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
John (as King, 1199-1216), Third coinage, Farthing, Limerick, Willem, willem on l, 0.33g/12h (SCBI Ulster –; LaRiviere –; Lockett –; S 6234; DF 52). Slightly double-struck and with trifling surface porosity, otherwise very fine, centrally struck on a broad flan; excessively rare thus £3,000-£3,600
Hammer Price: £2,600
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, ‘Ringerike’/Jewel Cross type, pelleted annulet at centre of saltire of four croziers, reversed S to left, scourge (?) and trefoil of pellets to right, rev. pellet-in-annulet at centre of cross with rounded ends, pellet in each angle, blundered legends both sides, 0.91g/11h (SCBI BM 199-201, same obv. die; SCBI Copenhagen –; SCBI Ulster –; O’Sullivan –; Roth –; S 6184; DF 30). Very fine, toned, extremely rare £2,400-£3,000
Henry VII (1485-1509), Late Portrait issues (c. 1496-1505), Halfgroat, Dublin, bust wearing arched crown within tressure, trefoils on cusps, inverted v on breast, rev. reads dvxlin, 1.35g/9h (S 6467; DF 196). Good very fine with old cabinet toning, extremely rare £2,000-£3,000
Edward IV (Second reign, 1471-1483), Light Cross and Pellets coinage (c.1473-8), Issues of the Ungoverned Mints, Groat, Cork, mm. uncertain, pellets by neck, no letter on breast, rev. trefoil (?) after civi, saltire after tas, 1.71g/10h (S 6379A [6338]; DF –). Very fine and of sound metal but edge extensively chipped, extremely rare £2,000-£3,000
First Millennium BC, Ring Money, a large penannular smooth gold band of plain metal, folded and shaped with bluntly cut ends, 11.78g, 39mm (VA 1-3; cf. LaRiviere, lot 2). Slightly misshapen, very fine or better and very rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, Dublin, Fastolf, in imitation of Æthelred II CRVX coinage, draped bust left with sceptre, sitir dix flmilox, rev. faztolf o dlm, short voided cross, C R V X in angles, 1.34g/4h (BNJ XVII, pl.I, 2, this coin; SCBI BM 3; SCBI Copenhagen –; SCBI Ulster 2-4; O’Sullivan 1; Roth 9; S 6100; DF 1). Good very fine with old cabinet toning, very rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross/William I [?] coinage, very crude bust left, three pellets on neck, rev. ‘bow’ cross, three pellets in each angle, all with curved lozenge, blundered legends both sides, 0.63g/11h (cf. SCBI BM 230; cf. SCBI Copenhagen 277; cf. SCBI Ulster 357; Roth 220; cf. S 6154B; DF 29). Crudely struck, very fine, toned, very rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Bust/Rose on Sun: ‘Doubles’ coinage (c. 1467-70), Penny, Dublin, mm. unclear, crowned bust facing, rev. rose at centre of large radiant sun, rose in legend, 0.33g/12h (S 6337 [6327]; DF 155). Small of flan, good fine, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £1,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Confederate Catholics issues, ‘Rebel Money’, Crown, 24.38g (S 6558; DF 313). Only fair but very rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,400
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase II, Sihtric, Penny, Dublin, Car, in imitation of Long Cross coinage, in the name of Sihtric, draped bust left, quatrefoil of pellets behind, sihtrc re+ dyflmi, rev. carmn o dyflinr, long voided cross, tiny pellets in angles, 1.46g/6h (SCBI BM –; SCBI Copenhagen 57; SCBI Ulster 37, same dies; Roth –; S 6122; DF 23). Extremely fine, the moneyer extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Charles I (1625-1649), Confederate Catholics issues, ‘Blacksmith’s’ issue, Halfcrown, mm. cross pattée on obv., harp on rev., cross on housings, no ground line, 15.00g/9h (Bull 29, obv. K, rev. unrecorded; S 6557; DF 335). Well-struck for issue, good very fine and toned £2,000-£2,600
Charles I (1625-1649), Southern Cities of Refuge, Cork, Halfpenny, 6.51g/1h (S 6562; DF 330). Minor weakness otherwise very fine, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,600
First Millennium BC, Ring Money, a solid penannular cable-twist gold band of plain metal with finely tapered smooth ends, 5.93g, 27mm (VA 1-3; cf. LaRiviere, lot 2). Good very fine and of fine workmanship £2,000-£2,600
John de Courcy (c. 1185-c. 1205), Anonymous ‘St Patrick’ issues, Cross Potent with Crescents coinage, Farthing, Downpatrick, patricii around processional cross, rev. de dvno around cross potent with crescents in angles, 0.36g/3h (Colgan fig. 14, this coin; Allen, BNJ 2018, dies Cd [this specimen not listed]; SCBI Ulster 334, same dies; S 6227; DF 47). Minor doubling on obverse, otherwise good very fine, full flan and extremely rare thus £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £7,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Ormonde Money, Crown, 29.72g/2h (S 6544; DF 288). Small scrape on reverse, edge filed in places, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £2,000-£2,600
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), First Crown coinage (c.1460-62), Groat, Dublin, nine-arc tressure with three pellets on each cusp, double saltires after civitas and dvblinie, annulets in second and third quarters of rev., 2.95g/10h (S 6280 [6272]; DF 79). Very fine or better, toned, rare £2,000-£2,600
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), First Crown coinage (c.1460-62), Groat, Dublin, nine-arc tressure with three pellets on each cusp and crosses in three top angles, double saltires after civitas and dvblinie, annulets in second and third quarters of rev., 2.46g/4h (S 6280A [6272A]; DF 82). Better than very fine, toned, rare £2,000-£2,600
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, ‘Ringerike’/Long Cross type, pelleted annulet at centre of saltire of four croziers, reversed S to left, scourge (?) and trefoil of pellets to right, rev. long voided cross, pellet and trefoil of pellets in alternate angles, blundered legends both sides, 0.90g/12h (SCBI BM 193-8, same dies; SCBI Copenhagen –; cf. SCBI Ulster 350-1; O’Sullivan 58-9; cf. Roth 172; S 6182; DF 30). About very fine, dark tone, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Second Crown coinage (c. 1463-65), Penny, mm. rose, Dublin, large crown within legend, no tressure, rev. no additional annulets in angles, 0.63g/5h (S 6297 [6286]; DF 110). Small flan split, good fine or better, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Charles I (1625-1649), Inchiquin Money, Shilling, 3 dwt 21 gr within beaded borders, 5.72g/5h (S 6534; DF 279). Slightly weak on both sides, some minor marks, otherwise about very fine, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,200
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, ‘Ringerike’/Long Cross type, cross pattée at centre of saltire of four croziers, reversed S to left, scourge (?) and pellet to right, rev. long voided cross, hand, pellet, large annulet, pellet in angles, blundered legends both sides, 0.90g/6h (SCBI BM 215, same obv. die; SCBI Copenhagen 272; SCBI Ulster 352, same dies; O’Sullivan 58-9; cf. Roth 171; S 6182 var.; DF 30). About very fine, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
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Richard III (1483-1485), Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Penny, Waterford, annulets at neck, rev. quatrefoil in centre of cross, 0.52g (Burns W-17R, this coin; S 6411; DF –). Good fine or better and extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, ‘London’, Dgdoa, in imitation of Last Short Cross coinage, in the name of Sihtric, draped and diademed bust left, sihtreiex diflnm, rev. dgdoa no lvndrin, short cross, 1.14g/3h (SCBI BM 56; SCBI Copenhagen 48; cf. SCBI Ulster 33; Roth –; S 6118; DF 19). Good very fine, irregular toning, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, Dublin, Færemin, in imitation of Long Cross coinage, in the name of Æthelred, draped bust left, large annulet behind, edel re+ aigmeni, rev. fæmienh mo dyen, long voided cross, nothing in angles, 1.23g/6h (SCBI BM 33, same dies; SCBI Copenhagen –; cf. SCBI Ulster 28-9; Roth 24; S 6106; DF 11). Slightly creased, nearly extremely fine and very rare thus £1,500-£2,000
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, in imitation of a William I Two Sceptres type, crude facing bust with two sceptres, rev. short single cross with trident finials, pellet in each angle, blundered legends both sides, 0.84g/12h (cf. SCBI BM 224 for obv.; SCBI Copenhagen 281 for obv.; SCBI Ulster 347 for rev.; O’Sullivan 24; Roth 206; S 6170; DF 29). Carelessly struck, good very fine for issue but with small perforation, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, ‘Lincoln’, Osgut, in imitation of Long Cross coinage, in the name of Sihtric, draped bust left, pellet and rosette behind, sihtrc re+ dyflnm, rev. osgvh mo lino, long voided cross, nothing in angles, 1.49g/3h (SCBI BM –; SCBI Copenhagen –; SCBI Ulster –; Roth –; S 6104; DF 6). Slightly peckmarked, otherwise better than very fine, excessively rare and apparently unrecorded in the main references £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
Richard III (1483-1485), Three Crowns Coinage, Groat, no mint name [Dublin], annulet after second r of ricar (?), 1.76g/6h (S 6412; DF 176). Very fine for issue, toned, rare £1,500-£2,000
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase IV, Penny, Dublin, helmeted bust with triple-stranded moustache facing, rev. long voided cross, hand, three pellets, cross, two pellets in angles, blundered legends both sides, 0.67g/1h (SCBI BM 150ff; SCBI Copenhagen 247ff; SCBI Ulster 318; O’Sullivan 47; Roth 166; S 6136; DF 27). Rather weakly struck, very fine, rare £1,500-£2,000
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), First Crown coinage (c.1460-62), Penny, Dublin, large crown, eight-arc tressure with three pellets on each cusp, rev. annulet in two quarters, 0.66g/6h (S 6282C [6279]; DF 95). Slightly irregular flan, good fine and very rare £1,500-£2,000
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Small Cross on Rose/Radiant Sun coinage (c. 1462-3), Penny, large rose, small cross pattée at centre, rev. radiant sun with pellet-in-annulet in centre, 0.39g/5h (S 6290 [6289]; DF 113). Small of flan, nearly very fine £1,500-£2,000
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Bust/Rose on Sun: ‘Doubles’ coinage (c. 1467-70), Groat, Trim, mm. rose, crowned bust facing within plain tressure, rev. rose at centre of large radiant sun, roses and suns in legend, 1.23g/5h (S 6333 [6323]; DF 150). Reverse slightly off-centre, a few surface marks, otherwise better than fine, very rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Charles II (1649-1685), Ormonde coinage of 1649, Halfcrown, 14.39g/12h (Bull 15; S 6554; DF 337). Partly flat, otherwise fine, very rare £1,500-£1,800
John (as Lord, 1172-1199), Second coinage, Farthing, Dublin, Adam, mascle with trefoil of pellets at each terminal, rev. adam in arms of cross, 0.36g/12h (O’Sullivan 1; S 6220; DF 41). Obverse struck slightly off-centre, otherwise good very fine and toned, extremely rare thus £1,500-£1,800
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