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CNG 106, Lot: 1123. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Half Sovereign (30.5mm, 6.22 g, 3h). Third coinage. London (Tower) mint; im: pellet-in-annulet. Struck 1544-1547. (pellet-in-annulet) hЄnRIC’ : 8 : D’ · G’ · AGL’ : FRANCI’ · Z : HIB’ : REX :, Henry enthroned facing, holding scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right; rose below; double and single saltire stops / (pellet-in-annulet) IHS’ · AVTE’ · TRANSI’ · PER mEDI’ : ILLO’ : IBAT :, crowned royal shield held aloft by lion and dragon; ligate HR on panel below; double and single saltire stops. Whitton Type II(b); Schneider 617 var. (rev. stops); North 1827; SCBC 2295. VF, toned. Well struck with attractive visage of Henry.


Ex Stack’s (9 December 1992), lot 3369.