CNG 108, Lot: 1229. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND. John. As Lord of Ireland, 1172-1199. AR Halfpenny (14.5mm, 0.70 g, 9h). Second (‘DOMinus’) coinage, group 1b. Kilkenny mint; Waltex, moneyer. Struck circa 1190-1198. + I[O]hA[NN]ЄS, diademed head facing / + WAL[TЄX ON] KЄ, voided cross potent, with annulet in each quarter. O'S, Earliest, dies 5/2; Withers VI 3/a; SCBI 10 (Ulster), 139 var. (legends); D&F 40B; SCBC 6208. Near VF, lightly toned, some marks. Extremely rare.

Ex Dix Noonan Webb 132 (15 September 2015), lot 335 (hammer £2000).