CNG 85, Lot: 1540. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (27mm, 3.05 g, 6h). Regular profile issue. London mint; mm: cross-crosslet. Struck 1504-1505. hЄnRIC’ VII’ DI’ GRΛ’ RЄX ΛGL’ Z FR’, crowned bust right / POSVI DЄV’ ΛDIVTORЄ’ mЄV’, royal shield over long cross fourchée; saltire after mЄV’. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 799; North 1747; SCBC 2258. Near EF, lightly toned, slight double strike. Superb portrait, early strike from dies.