GEO PRINCE OF WALES., bust of the Prince of Wales facing three quarters to right, HALFPENNY. below / [...]RATED BY ACT OF [...], Hibernia seated to left with hand on harp; date in exergue. 6.61gr, 26mm, 6h.

Near Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Dublin mint. Pantheon Phusitechnikon; date below / PAYABLE AT THE PANTHEON PHUSITECHNIKON. DH 347. 7.64gr, 28mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

John of Gaunt / Hibernia mule issue. IOHN OF GAUNT DUKE OF LANCASTER, crowned and draped bust to left / HIBERNIA, Hibernia seated to left holding harp, oak sprig in exergue. Edge inscription: CURRENT EVERY WHERE. DH 76. 8.29gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

ONE PENNY TOKEN, two men working at a rolling mill, in exergue, J. HILLES DUBLIN / PAYABLE IN BANK OF IRELAND NOTES 1813, sprig of shamrock. DH 1816. 17.88gr, 34mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

WELLINGTON & ERIN GO BRAGH 1813, bust of Wellington to left / E. STEPHENS. DUBLIN, crowned ornamental harp with nine strings. Davis 18. 14.37gr, 34mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Designs by I. Parkes. WELLINGTON & VICTORY, laureate bust to left; I PARKES in small lettering on truncation, date below / EDWD BEWLEY, Britannia seated to left on rock; holding spear in left hand, right arm raised holding olive branch; shield with Irish harp below to right, ship at sail in distance on left; on the ground I P F PARKES in small lettering; date in exergue. Withers 1810; Davis 10. 15.23gr, 33mm, 6h.

Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Designs by Isaac Parkes. WELLINGTON & ERIN GO BRAGH, laureate and draped bust to left; I PARKES in small lettering on truncation / EDWD STEPHENS 1816, crowned ornamental harp with nine strings. Davis 28. 15.66gr, 33mm, 7h.

Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Design by Isaac Parkes. HALFPENNY TOKEN, laureate bust to right / HIBERNICUS, Hibernia seated to left, supporting harp of eight strings, date in exergue. Withers 2000. 7.73gr, 28mm, 6h.

Near Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

Commemorative issue of Royal Visit of George IV. GEORGIUS IV BRITANNIARUM REX F . D.; laureate head to left / VISIT TO IRELAND ERIN GO BRAGH AUGUST 1821 around and in field, Irish harp within sprays of shamrocks. BHM 1134. 4.83gr, 25mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).

St. Eugenius seated on horseback to right, holding long cross in his right hand and reins in his left; NI to upper right; pellet beneath horse's head / Alexius II on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; uncertain legend behind, M before; pellet beneath horse's head. SB 2619; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond 52; Retowski -. 1.91gr, 20mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Pierced. Apparently unpublished variant with these sigla.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Pseudo-Byzantine type. Imitating a Follis of Constans II. Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding staff and globus cruciger; [EN T૪T-]O [NIKA](?) around / Large m; cross above, A N N to left, [...] Φ A to right; [...]OINA (or CONA) in exergue. SICA 1 -; Walker, Arab-Byzantine -; cf. DOCAB p. 29 ("ΛITOIЄ" Type). 2.86gr, 23mm, 5h.

Good Fine. Very rare example of a Pseudo-byzantine type.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Pseudo-Byzantine type. Type E. Struck circa AD 658-664. Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger; Ο above globus / Large m; cross above with curved ornaments flanking; [A] N [...] to left, n Є O to right; illegible inscription in exergue; c/ms: bld ('bi-ludd') within incuse circle. For coin: cf. SICA 1, 518 (for type); for c/m: SICA 1, p. 90. 3.77gr, 24mm, 8h.

Fine. Rare.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

It is very possible that these coins, which bear the 'bld' countermark, were issued in the city of Diospolis (ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΣ, Ludd) and superseded the earlier types of the same city.