CNG 94, Lot: 1952. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Testoon (32mm, 7.85 g, 3h). Third coinage. Tower mint; im: pellet-in-annulet. Struck 1544-1547. Crowned facing bust (Jacob type 1); broken saltire stops, Roman E and R, A capped on both sides / Crowned rose; crowned h R flanking, broken saltire stops, Roman E and R, Lombardic M, A capped on both sides. Jacob O12/R16; Whitton B(5); North 1841; SCBC 2365. Near VF, areas of flat strike, small flan crack at 11 o’clock.

From the F.S. Dobbin Collection.