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1/2 Penny - John Second 'DOMinus' coinage, Dublin

Issuer Ireland
Year 1198-1199
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Crude facing effigy of John as Lord of Ireland, depicted full-face with a diademed head rendered in the flat, stylized manner characteristic of late 12th-century Anglo-Irish hammered coinage. The portrait is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the facial features — including annular eyes, a broad nose, and a schematic mouth — boldly if crudely struck in high relief. The surrounding field carries the Latin legend identifying the issuer, interrupted by the beaded border. The overall style reflects the hand-engraved dies of the period, with irregular flan shape typical of hammered halfpence.
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Reverse description Central design consisting of a voided cross pommée — a cross with circular terminals at each arm — struck within a beaded inner circle. A single annelet is placed in each of the four quadrants formed by the cross arms, lending the reverse a symmetrical, ornamental appearance consistent with contemporary Anglo-Irish coinage practice. The moneyer's legend runs around the periphery outside the beaded circle, naming the responsible moneyer and the Dublin mint. The die work is bold but characteristically irregular, reflecting hammered production techniques of the late 12th century.
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