Medieval Irish Hammered Farthings - Edward III: Dublin mint

This online guide is designed to help

• Metal Detector enthusiasts
• Museum Curators
• Coin Dealers & Collectors

accurately identify and classify their Irish Hammered Farthings.

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SECOND ISSUE, known as the STAR-MARKED coinage.

Date: 1339
Mint: Dublin
Type: 'STAR-MARKED' Coinage

Diameter: 11mm
Weight: 0.30g

Obverse: *EDW ARDV SREX
    Legend around the outside of a triangular frame which
    encloses the kings' head. Closed C & E.

Reverse: CIVI TAS *DVBL INIE
    Long-cross with three pellets in each quarter.

Reference(s):
  S.6267A
  W-VI.1a
Scarcity: Currently Unique

Guide Price:
  £250 (Fine)
  £600 (Very Fine)

Note:

• The only known example of this coin was recorded in the British Numismatic Journal 46 (1976, pl X, ill. C), and is now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.