Overview:
John Lackland was the youngest son of Henry I and brother of Richard I "The Lionhearted". In 1177, while John was only 9 years old, Henry I made him Lord of Ireland - a position held by John until becoming king in 1199. During his Lordship, a series of farthings were produced in Ireland with a mascle of one side and the name of the moneyer on the other. Edward Colgan in For Want of Good Money states: "In 1970 it was believed that fewer than 30 of John's mascle farthings may have survived. It is possible that under a hundred of these coins survive."
The farthings of John must have remained in circulation in Ireland well into the reign of his son Henry III, for in 1250 Henry granted Dublin certain tariffs on goods for "for the enclosing and strengthening of that city." This grant lists a number of goods to be taxed at one "quadrans" which was the medieval latin term for a farthing. Click here to learn more about this grant.
Prince John, Lord of Ireland
Second Coinage.
Date: 1190-1194?
Mint: Dublin
Type: SECOND COINAGE - First Issue
Moneyer: NORMAN of DUBLIN
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: NORM
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6220
DF.38
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£250 (Fine)
£525 (Very Fine)
Note:
Two examples of this coin are listed in the SCBI 10, "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum":
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(68) Grainger [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1891], letters inward and retrograde - R reversed.
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(69) Carlyon-Britton [1962], ex. Bearman Collection; Spink SNC [1913], c. 145: 1727 - lettering as on 68.
Date: 1190-1194?
Mint: Dublin
Type: SECOND COINAGE - First Issue
Moneyer: ROBERD (or RODBERD) of DUBLIN
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: ROBE
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6220
DF.38
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£250 (Fine)
£525 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the British Museum:
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(Plate XVI, 4) Mascle farthing, with the unusual abbreviation of the moneyers' name, RODB (the author has yet to verify this abbreviation)
A further example is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver") with the moneyers' name abbreviated as ROBE.
Date: 1190-1199
Mint: Dublin
Type: SECOND COINAGE - First Issue
Moneyer: TURGOD of DUBLIN
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: TVRG
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6220
DF.38
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£250 (Fine)
£525 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
An example of this coin was listed in the SCBI 10, "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum":
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(70) Carlyon-Britton [1962], ex. Dudman 725 (Sotheby's, 15-19 Dec. 1913), Bearman Collection, H. Clark(e).
A further example is in the Dr Rogers Collection, donated to the British Museum (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: 1194-1198
Mint: Dublin
Type: SECOND COINAGE - Second Issue
Moneyer: ADAM of DUBLIN
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: ADAM
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6220
DF.41
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£250 (Fine)
£525 (Very Fine)
Note: Two examples of this coin are listed in the SCBI 10, "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum":
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(131) Pilgrim Trust [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1957], ex. Lockett 507 (Glendining, 28 Nov 1951) letters outward and D retrograde.
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(69) Carlyon-Britton [1962], ex. Cunningham 561 (Glendining, 31 Jan to 2 Feb 1951) - lettering as on 131.
A further example is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: 1194-1198
Mint: Dublin
Type: SECOND COINAGE - Second Issue
Moneyer: NICHOLAS of DUBLIN
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: NICO
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6220
DF.41
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£250 (Fine)
£525 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the British Museum:
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(Plate XVI, 6) Mascle farthing, with the moneyers' name, NICO
Date: 1194-1198
Mint: Dublin
Type: SECOND COINAGE - Second Issue
Moneyer: TOMAS of DUBLIN
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: TOMA
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6220
DF.41
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£250 (Fine)
£525 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. A coin of this moneyer was included in Simon's "An Essay towards an Historical Account of Irish Coins," (2nd edition) 1810, plate 11. No example has been seen by this author.
Date: 1194-1198
Mint: Waterford - Second Issue
Type: SECOND COINAGE
Moneyer: GEFREI of WATERFORD
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: GEFR
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6221
DF41
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£325 (Fine)
£750 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (also referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").:
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(Plate XVI, 11) Mascle farthing, with the moneyers' name, GEFR
Date: 1194-1198
Mint: Waterford
Type: SECOND COINAGE - Second Issue
Moneyer: MARCUS of WATERFORD
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: MARC
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6221
DF41
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£325 (Fine)
£750 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the British Museum:
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(Plate XVI, 9) Mascle farthing, with the moneyers' name, MARC
Date: 1194-1198
Mint: Waterford
Type: SECOND COINAGE - Second Issue
Moneyer: WALTER of WATERFORD
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: WALT
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6221
DF41
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£325 (Fine)
£750 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the British Museum:
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(Plate XVI, 10) Mascle farthing, with the moneyers' name, WALT
Date: 1194-1198
Mint: Limerick
Type: SECOND COINAGE - Second Issue
Moneyer: SIWARD of LIMERICK
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: SIWA
Moneyers name as letters within the angles of the obverse cross.
Reverse:
Mascle with trefoils at the points.
Reference(s):
S.6222
DF41
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
Two examples of this coin are listed in the SCBI 10, "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum":
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(140) Carlyon-Britton [1962], dies 1/2.
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(131) Pilgrim Trust [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1957], dies 1/2, ex. Lockett 506 (Glendining, 28 Nov 1951).
John de Courcy, Lord of Ulster
"St. Patrick" Coinage.
Date: c.1186
Mint: Downpatrick
Type: "ST. PATRICK" COINAGE
Diameter: 12mm
Weight: 0.32gm
Obverse: +PATRICII
Cross potent.
Reverse:
+GOAN D CVRCI
Voided cross potent.
Reference(s):
S.6224
DF.49
Scarcity: Very Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin:
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(Plate XVI, 15) GOAN D CVRCI
Another example is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: c.1185-c.1205
Mint: Downpatrick
Type: ANONYMOUS COINAGE
Diameter: 10mm-12mm
Weight: 0.38gm
Obverse: +PATRICII
Around a Processional Cross.
Reverse:
+DE DVNO
Around a cross potent with crescents in the angles.
Reference(s):
W.1
S.6225
DF.47
Scarcity: Very Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
10 examples of this coin are listed in the SCBI 10, "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum":
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(330) Pilgrim Trust [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1957], ex. Lockett 509 (Glendining, 28 Nov 1951), Sir John Evans Collection (Lockett acquired coins from this collection that were not required by the English National Collection).
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(331) Pilgrim Trust [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1957], ex. Lockett 509 (Glendining, 28 Nov 1951), Sir John Evans Collection.
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(332) Seaby (1958), broken.
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(333) Acworth [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1961], ex. Col. R.H. Wallace Collection.
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(334) Carlyon-Britton [1962].
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(335) Carlyon-Britton [1962].
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(336) Carlyon-Britton [1962].
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(337) Carlyon-Britton [1962], ex. Walters Collection (private sale on 19 Sept 1919).
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(338) Carlyon-Britton [1962].
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(339) Carlyon-Britton [1962].
A further example is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: c.1185-c.1205
Mint: Downpatrick
Type: ANONYMOUS COINAGE
Diameter: 10mm-12mm
Weight: 0.38gm
Obverse: +PATRICI
Around a Processional Cross.
Reverse:
+DE DVNO
Around a cross potent with crescents in the angles.
Reference(s):
W.unlisted variant
S.6225
DF.47
Scarcity: Very Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Date: c.1185-c.1205
Mint: Carrickfergus
Type: ANONYMOUS COINAGE
Diameter: 10mm-12mm
Weight: 0.38gm
Obverse: +PATRICI
Around a Processional Cross.
Reverse:
+CRACFEVF
Around a voided cross potent.
Reference(s):
W.2
S.6226
DF.48
Scarcity: Very Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Note: An example is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: c.1185-c.1205
Mint: Carrickfergus
Type: ANONYMOUS COINAGE
Diameter: 10mm-12mm
Weight: 0.38gm
Obverse: +PATRICI
Around a Processional Cross.
Reverse:
+CRACF
Around a voided cross potent.
Reference(s):
W.3
S.6226
DF.48
Scarcity: Very Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
Three examples of this coin are listed in the SCBI 10, "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum":
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(340) Carlyon-Britton [1962] - reads CRAGF, ex. Spink, SNC 1931, c. 364: 9809
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(341) Grainger [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1891] - reads CRAGF.
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(342) Robb [donated to the Ulster Museum in 1937] - reads CRAGF.
A further example is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: c.1185-c.1205
Mint: Carrickfergus
Type: ANONYMOUS COINAGE
Diameter: 10mm-12mm
Weight: 0.38gm
Obverse: +PATRICII
Around a Processional Cross.
Reverse:
+CRACF
Around a voided cross pommee.
Reference(s):
W.4
S.6227
DF.48
Scarcity: Very Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin:
A further example is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
King John
Third Coinage.
Date: 1204/05-1210?
Mint: Dublin
Type: THIRD COINAGE
Moneyer: ROBERD
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: IOh AN RE
Crowned bust in triangle, stars either side.
Reverse:
RO BE RD
Sun in triangle.
Reference(s):
W.
S.6234
DF.52
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
An example (legend reads RO BE RD) of this coin is listed in the SCBI 10, "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" (the various legend types are not identified):
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(340) Carlyon-Britton [1962], ex. Longbottom 317 (Sotheby 14-15 May 1934).
Another example (legend reads RO BE RD) is in the collection of Richard Walshe (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: 1209-1211
Mint: Dublin
Type: THIRD COINAGE
Moneyer: ROBERD
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: IOh AN REX
Crowned bust in triangle, stars either side.
Reverse:
ROB. ERD ON.
Sun in triangle.
Reference(s):
W.
S.6234
DF.52
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published.
Date: 1209-1211
Mint: Dublin
Type: THIRD COINAGE
Moneyer: ROBERD
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: IOh AN. REX.
Crowned bust in triangle, stars either side.
Reverse:
ROB. ERD ON.
Sun in triangle.
Reference(s):
W.
S.6234
DF.52
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known Examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published.
An example (legend reads ROB· ERD ON·) is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: 1209-1211
Mint: Dublin
Type: THIRD COINAGE
Moneyer: ROBERD
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: IOh AN REX
Crowned bust in triangle, stars either side.
Reverse:
ROB. ER. DO.
Sun in triangle.
Reference(s):
W.Unrecorded variety
S.6234
DF.52
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Sold by:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published.
- (1998) A good very fine example this coin was sold by Patrick Finn (List 13, 1998, Item 412).
Patrick Finn noted: "A very difficult coin to find; in DF (DOWLE & FINN, P. 1969: A Guide Book to the Coinage of Ireland from 995AD to the Present Day) I illustrate one of the more common crude contemporary forgeries (52A). As far as I know this is only the fourth recorded specimen by ROBERD. There are two in the National Museum of Ireland, and one in the Ulster Museum. There may however be one in the BM."
Date: 1209-1211
Mint: Dublin - Contemporary Forgery
Type: THIRD COINAGE
Moneyer: Forgery
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: (Blundered)
Crowned bust - crudely made from pellets - in triangle, stars either side. Legends blundered.
Reverse: (Blundered)
Sun with pellet above within a triangle. Legends blundered.
Reference(s):
W.
S.6234
DF.52A
Scarcity: Rare
Guide Price:
£150 (Fine)
£350 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the British Museum:
(Feb. '06) An example of a contemporary forgery was sold by Time Line Originals
Another example (legend reads RO BE RD) is in the collection of Richard Walshe (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: 1209-1211
Mint: Dublin
Type: THIRD COINAGE
Moneyer: WILLEM
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: IOh AN RE
Crowned bust in triangle, stars either side.
Reverse:
WI LLE MO
Sun with pellet above within a triangle.
Reference(s):
W.
S.6234
DF.52
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published. One example was listed as in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin:
Another example is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (referenced and illustrated in Withers' "Irish Small Silver").
Date: 1209-1211
Mint: Limerick
Type: THIRD COINAGE
Moneyer: WACE ON LIMERICK
Diameter: 10mm
Weight: 0.35gm
Obverse: IOh AN REX
Crowned bust in triangle, stars either side.
Reverse:
WA CEO NLI
Sun in triangle.
Reference(s):
W.
DF.-
S.-
Scarcity: Extremely Rare
Guide Price:
£500 (Fine)
£1200 (Very Fine)
Known examples:
No example of this coin was in the Ulster Museum at the time "Anglo-Irish Coins in the Ulster Museum" was published.
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