CNG 100, Lot: 1064. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon. 1509-1547. AV Crown of the Double Rose (25mm, 3.72 g, 4h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: rose. Struck 1526-1529. (rose) ҺЄnRIC’· VIII’· RVTILΛnS · ROSΛ · SInЄ · SPIΛ’ (saltire stops), crowned double rose; crowned Һ K flanking / (rose) DEI : G’· R’· ΛGLIE’· Z · FRΛNC’· DNS’· hIBERNIE (saltire and double saltire stops), crowned coat-of-arms. Whitton (i); Schneider 581 var. (letter forms and stops); North 1788; SCBC 2273. Good VF, lightly toned, slightly wavy flan, scrape in field.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Superior Stamp and Coin, November 1982.