The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], Mossop’s Penny, Hibernia seated left between still and harp, spade and pick-axe in exergue, rev. hm co cypher, edge payable in dublin or ballymurtagh, 18.52g/6h (DH Dublin 2, this piece illustrated). Obverse with some light wear, very fine, reverse better but with trifling edge nicks, of the highest rarity; the only specimen to have appeared on the market since World War II £1,000-1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-15 July 1903, lot 434 (part); Glendining Auction, 7 December 1983, lot 388; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1378