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1/2 Penny - John First Coinage
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1185 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered effigy of King John facing right, depicted as a stylized bust within a beaded inner circle. The portrait, characteristic of late 12th-century Anglo-Irish coinage, shows the king's head rendered in a bold, abbreviated manner with visible facial features. The surrounding legend reads IOHANNES, identifying the issuer. The broad flat flan displays typical irregularities consistent with hand-struck medieval hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central short cross pattée contained within a beaded inner circle, with a fleur-de-lis and a pellet placed in each of the four quarters formed by the cross arms. The moneyer's legend is arranged around the periphery in two lines, identifying the responsible moneyer and mint. The design is typical of the Angevin short-cross coinage style adopted for Irish issues of this period, with the field showing the characteristic bold relief of hammered silver. |
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| Mintage | ND (1185) - Moneyer: Blunt - ND (1185) - Moneyer: Elis - ND (1185) - Moneyer: Raul - ND (1185) - Moneyer: Roger - |
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