Extremely rare early Tentative issue
TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (25.97mm, 2.96 g, 9h). Tentative profile issue, class Ib/IIa mule. Tower (London) mint. Struck circa 1504. hЄnRICVS · DЄI · GRΛ RЄX · ΛnGLIЄ· Z · FR’· (saltire stops), crowned bust right / · POSVI DEV’· ΛDIVTOR Є’· mЄV (saltire stops), coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Potter & Winstanley type Ib/IIa; SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 767 (same dies); Stewartby p. 437, VA.1b/VA.2a; North 1744; SCBC 2256. VF, toned. Extremely rare.
