The Lucien LaRiviere Collection- Irish Coins & Medals

Well in my own opinion www.spink.com have the sale of the year with:

The Lucien LaRiviere Collection- Irish Coins & Medals London 22 Feb 2006 at 10-30am

I have included some of the coins that are For Sale and will upload some more over the coming days. Thanks to www.spink.com for the images and description.

Gold ring money of cable type tapering to plain ends (c. 1300-100 BC), 4.62g. (S. p.103; Van Arsdell 1.1.3.), very fine, very rare Estimate £ 4,000-5,000


x Gold ring money of plain type (c. 1200-100 BC), 3.98g. (c.f. S.p.103; Van Arsdell 1.3.1.), very fine, very rare
Estimate £ 3,500-4,000
provenance:
Drabble collection, Glendining, 4 July 1939, lot 60 (part)
Whyte (Dublin), 23 February 2001, lot 188
Said to have been found in Co. Clare in the 19th century.


x Penny of Dublin, 1.64g., copying Æthelred II's CRVX type, +ZITIR DIFLI - IIIMCO bare headed bust to left with sceptre before, rev. illegible legend, voided cross within inner circle, C/R/V/X in quarters (DF.1; O'S. 1; S. 6100), extremely fine
Estimate £ 1,500-2,000
provenance:
Bt. Spink 4 December 1998



x John, as lord of Ireland, first (profile) coinage, c. 1185. Halfpenny of Dublin,, 0.51g, moneyer Elis, IOHANNES·, filleted bust to left, rev. ELIS ON DVNE (design) (O'S 1; DF.35; S.6203), chipped, fine, extremely rare
Estimate £ 2,000-2,500
provenance:
Bt. P. Finn, 6 December 1996



x John, as king, Farthing of Dublin,, 0.32g., moneyer Roberd. Crowned bust in triangle, stars either side, rev. sun in triangle (O'S 14; DF.52; S. 6234), very fine, very rare
Estimate £ 1,000-1,200
provenance:
Bt. P. Finn, 10 March 1998



x Edward IV, Groat of Dublin,, 2.84g., legend around crown in tressure, rev. POSVI etc., (DF.104; S. 6282), reverse a little off-centre, very fine, extremely rare
Estimate £ 3,500-4,000
provenance:
Bt. Spink, 9 December 1989



x Edward IV, Penny of Dublin,, 0.47g., large rose, cross in centre, rev. sun with pellet at centre (DF.113; S.6289), clipped and much of legend illegible, fine, extremely rare
Estimate £ 500-700
provenance:
Bt. P. Finn, 29 August 1997 (list 9, no.403)



x Edward IV, Double Groat of Dublin,, 2.70g., crowned bust facing in unfleured tressure, rev. rose at centre of large sun, suns and roses divide legend (DF.143; S. 6291), a little weak on the legends but bust strong and overall very fine, very rare
Estimate £ 3,000-3,500
provenance:
SNC., July 1987, no. 4464