CNG 91, Lot: 1578. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IRELAND. John. As King, 1199-1216. AR Halfpenny (13mm, 0.59 g, 8h). Third coinage. Limerick mint; Wace, moneyer. Struck circa 1207-1211. + IOҺΛ HHЄS RЄX, crowned facing bust; pellet to left and right; all within triangle / WΛ CЄ O N LI, cross pattée within crescent; three pellets around; all within triangle. O'S,
Earliest, 11; Withers VI 15/a; D&F 51; SCBC 6232. VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare.
From the Innisfree Collection.