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LOT 3246
Ireland. Stuart, Charles I CU Farthing. Struck 1634-1635. Issued under royal licence, Maltravers issue, type III.
(Bell) • CAROLVS • D .' G MAG .' BRIT, crown over two sceptres crossed in saltire / • FRAN .' ET • HIB .' REX • (bell), crowned harp. SCBC II 6526. Very Fine.(0.87gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Ireland. James II AE Large Halfcrown. Jan 1689. Civil War Coinage, Gunmoney issue struck in Dublin.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA with profile bust left / MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX with crown over crossed sceptres with XXX over, I - R at sides and Jan: below. SCBC 6579J; D&F 385. 12.68gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ireland. Stuart (Orange), William and Mary CU Halfpenny. Dated 1694. Dublin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
GVLIELMVS • ET • MARIA • DEI • GRATIA, conjoined busts to right / MAG • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • ET • REGINA, crowned harp, date across field. SCBC 6597. 6.78gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ireland. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck 1297-1302. Dublin mint. Second ('ЄDW') coinage, class IVa.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ЄDW R' ANGL' D-NS ҺУb, crowned facing bust; single pellet below; all within triangle / CIVI-TAS DVBL-INIЄ, long cross pattée; trefoil of pellets in quarters, extra pellet in first quarter. SCBC 6264 var. (not additional pellet). 1.34gr, 19mm, 8h.
Fine. Apparently a unique variant with an extra pellet at the reverse, not mentioned by either Spink or PAS.
Found Bottisham, East Cambridgeshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-B17681.
