Date: c. 1251-1254 Description: Henry III silver penny, Dublin mint, Class 2b Weight: 1.39g Diameter: 18mm Very Fine (VF) A scarce variety References: S.6241, DF – Obverse: Crowned facing bust, jewelled/ornate crown, holding sceptre; cinquefoil to right All within a double triangle Legend: HЄR CVSR Є(_)X III Translates as: Richard III, King Reverse: Voided long cross,…
Date: c. 1251-1254 Description: Henry III silver penny, Dublin mint, Class 1b Weight: 1.39g Diameter: 18mm Very Fine (VF) References: S.6236, DF 54 Obverse: Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre; cinquefoil to right; all within a single triangle Legend: (ЄNR)I CVS R ЄX III Translates as: Richard III, King Reverse: Voided long cross, with trefoil in…
![A silver, medieval, half groat of Edward IV AD.1461-1483, first reign, AD.1461-1470, Irish issue, Heavy Portrait ‘Cross and Pellets’ coinage. Dublin mint, Spink 6354 Obverse, bust of king facing with annulets beside neck, pellet on neck, [...]WAR[...]IE Reverse, Long cross with three pellets in angles, outer legend, POS[VI:/ DEV]M:/ADIVTO/RE: MEV inner legend CIVI/TAS/DVB/LIE](https://oldcurrencyexchange.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/edward-iv-first-reign-1461-1470-silver-half-groat-heavy-cross-and-pellets-coinage-dublin-mint-s-2015-horiz.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1)
Date: c. 1465-66 Description: Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. Silver Half-Groat, Heavy Portrait ‘Cross and Pellets’ coinage. Waterford mint. Fine (F) Obverse: Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, with inward facing lis on cusps, pellets in three lower spandrels Legend incomplete / worn + […]WAR[…]IE Reverse: Long cross pattée with trefoils in angles, additional pellets in…
Date: c. 1534-35 Description: Ireland, Henry VIII (1509-47), Groat, first harp issue, with Anne Boleyn (1534-5), 2.30g, m.m. crown, crowned coat-of-arms, rev. crowned harp between royal cypher h a (S.6472) Pleasing dark tone Obverse weak in places, the reverse better Good Fine (GF) Country: Ireland Category: Anglo-Norman House of Tudor Henry VIII Anne Boleyn Hammered…
Background: After the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, UK currency remained the formal currency of the Irish Free State until 1928. After this date, UK coins continued to circulate alongside the Irish coins right up until Decimalisation (1971) and well into the 1970s. Irish Free State farthings were minted in London by…
The other Hiberno-Norse towns in Ireland became urban later than Dublin: a base was established in Limerick in the 830s/840s, the initial Norse settlement seems to have been established in the 920s but … Limerick did not develop into a town until around AD 967. Waterford may have been urban from around AD 980 Cork…
Date: c. 1065 – 1095 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Dublin, Phase V coinage. Approx. 17mm, circa 0.7g. S6138 Obverse: Draped bust left; large cross pattée on neck Blundered and illegible legend around Reverse: Voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; pellet, annulet, pellet, and inward-facing anchor in angles. Blundered and illegible legend around. Country:…
