425, Lot: 789. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Half Sovereign (31mm, 6.12 g, 6h). Third coinage. Type IIb. Tower mint; im: pellet-in-annulet. Struck 1544-1547. Henry enthroned facing, holding scepter and globus cruciger; rose below; saltire stops / Two lions supporting crowned royal shield set on base marked HR (ligate); saltire stops. Schneider –; North 1827; SCBC 2294. Near VF, reflective surfaces, slightly double struck.

From the WRG Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 April 1999), lot 838.