146, Lot: 390. Estimate $75. Sold for $71. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Halfgroat (19mm, 1.53 g, 6h). Facing bust issue, class IIIc. Canterbury mint; mm: none/lis. Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; crown of two arches, outer jeweled (crown 4) / Long cross; trefoils in quarters, CAN/LON TOR/DON. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 555 (recutting clear but not mentioned); North 1712; SCBC 2209. Near VF, toned.

There is a diagnostic obverse die flaw at 10:30. The i.m. combination appears to be un-noticed by North and SCBC; it is not noted in SCBI as anything unusual.