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Description: | An Irish Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-72); long cross type (S 6235/ S 6243A); mint: Dublin; Moneyer: Davi; date: 1251-4. The coin has been doublestruck.The reverse legend reads DAV/I O[N.../.../...]. The reverse shows a voided long cross with three pellets per quarter. No single pellet is visible at the centre of the voided cross but if one was present this might have been obscured from view by the double strike and/or the coin being cut in half over this centre point. This reverse has been double struck with an extra arm of another cross passing from the centre of the flan to the edge of the coin through the letter 'N' following the O. It is the presence of this arm that obscures the letter 'N' from view making it illegible. The mint is Dublin. See Davidson, M. (author) Lobel, R. (publisher) Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man 1999, p.238-239. Davidson, M. tells us on page 238 that the Dublin mint was closed in 1254 allowing us to therefore further narrow the date range of this coin to AD1247-1254.Obverse legend reads [h]ENRI/CV[R/EX III] with the N and R probably ligated. Obverse shows forward facing crowned bust, with hand holding sceptre (not visible on this half) within a triangle, a cinquefoil with hollow centre to the right of the bust. Features of this obverse design are difficult to determine, with the exception of the cinquefoil, and it appears to be set within a lozenge rather than a triangle. This suggests that the coin might have been double struck on the obverse as well as the reverse flan.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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