CNG 87, Lot: 2101. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Angel (29mm, 5.11 g, 12h). First coinage. Tower mint; mm: crowned portcullis with chains. Struck circa 1513-1526. hЄnRIC9 VIII9 DI’ GRΛ’ RЄX ΛGL’ Z F’, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon; single saltire stops, treble after cross / PЄR CRVCЄ’ TVΛ’ SΛLVΛ nOS XPЄ’ RЄDЄ’, ship bearing shield and cross, h and rose flanking cross; single saltire stops. Whitton iii, var. 1; Schneider 561 (same dies); North 1760; SCBC 2265. VF, toned.

From the John H. McWhinney Collection.