Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2171. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Angel (5.11 g, 1h). First coinage. Tower mint; mm: crowned portcullis with chains. Struck 1513-1526. hЄnRIC’ VIII’ DI’ GRΛ’ RЄX ΛGL Z FR’, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon; saltire stops / PЄR CRVCЄ’ TVΛ’ SΛLVΛ nOS XPЄ’ RЄDЄ’, ship bearing shield and cross, h and rose flanking cross; saltire stops. Whitton p. 187, iii; Schneider 562 var. (legends); North 1760; SCBC 2265. VF, lightly toned.

From the Ross Schraeder Collection.