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Coin. Penny, silver. King John, third Rex coinage, Limerick mint, moneyer Willem Seaby (1970) no. 4229. Condition fine to extremely fine. Medieval C13th Currency

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Object Irish King John Silver Pennycover

Coin, copper. Byzantine, denomination and date uncertain. Obverse shows human figure with halo and birds in background. On the reverse is a thin cross with pellets.

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Object Copper Byzantine Coincover

Coin. English, Saxon, Edward the Elder, 900-925 AD. Broken penny of Church-tower type by a moneyer (ea)dmund at Chester. Wt. 18.0 grains. Obverse central crown. Eadweard R/ Tower. + D V H D. Ex-Mungret Hoard. Referenced in Dolley, NMAJ 8,3(1960)125.

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Object Anglo-Saxon Edward the Elder coincover

Bulla of Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303). Lead. From a sandpit outside west wall of graveyard of Knockannahola, Adare, Co Limerick, Ireland.

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Object Papal Bulla (seal)cover

A baldachin (canopy / reredos) in carved wood with painted panels. It shows the Annunciation in the main panel, with Mary on the left holding a book and the Angel Gabriel on the right with a dove between. There are angels on two, small, curved panels overhead. The words Ave Maria

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Object Painted canopy (Bladachin) featuring the Annunciationcover

A pharmacy jar in maiolica, it is basically cylindrical in shape and slightly waisted. It is narrowed at the foot and at the neck with an everted rim. It is decorated with floral motifs in blue and is inscribed: COMM 7 or (s), in the centre. It possibly contained dry ground or po

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Object Maiolica jar (albarello)cover

A seal impression in wax showing a figure, which is carrying a sword, on a horse. There is also an inscription surrounding the figure in Latin. Seals were used as a method of identification and security on written texts.

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Object Seal Impression (figure with sword)cover

A wooden polychrome triptych consisting of three panels hinged together with painted scenes. Assembled after 1611. When closed the triptych shows a scene of a priest kneeling at prayer in front of a crucifix. There are also scenes showing the three Kings and the star of Bethlehem

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Object Triptych, painted epitaphcover

A seal impression in wax showing, on one side, the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket and on the other, the Virgin and Child (statue) in a shrine with open doors.

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Object Seal Impression (Thomas Becket)cover