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King John's Castle is a 13th-century castle located on King's Island in Limerick, Ireland, next to the River Shannon. Although the site dates back to 922 when the Vikings lived on the Island, the castle itself was built on the orders of King John in 1200. One of the best preserved Norman castles in Europe. Image: Eric The Fish / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
| Dates | Spink | ||||
| First (Profile) coinage .............................. | c.1185 | 6203 | |||
| Second ("DOM") coinage ........................ | Grp 1, Cross potent | c.1990-98 | 6204-12 | ||
| Grp II, Cross pommée | c.1198-99 | 6213-22 | |||
| St Patrick coinage of John de Courcy .... | I. With de Courcy's name | From c. 1185 | 6223-24 | ||
| II. Anonymous | c.1195 -1205 | 6225-27 | |||
| Third ("REX") coinage ............................... | c.1208-11 | 6228-34A |
BNJ References
D.W. Dykes, ' King John’s Irish Rex coinage revisited. Part I: the dating of the coinage', 83 (2013), 120-133
D.W. Dykes, ' King John’s Irish Rex coinage revisited. Part II: The symbolism of the coinage’, 84 (2014), 90-100
