CNG 87, Lot: 2099. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AV Angel (30mm, 5.15 g, 12h). Type V. Tower mint; mm: pheon. Struck late 1504-1509. hЄnRIC9 DI’ GRΛ’ RЄX ΛnGL’ Z FRΛ’, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon; double saltire stops, treble after cross / PЄR CRVCЄ’ TVΛ’ SΛLVΛ nOS XPЄ’ RЄD’, ship bearing shield and cross, h and rose flanking cross; single saltire stops; saltire stop before pheon; double saltire after PЄR, SΛLVΛ, nOS, and XPЄ’. P&W type V; cf. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean) 65; cf. Schneider 542; North 1698; SCBC 2187. VF, struck with rusty dies. Rare reverse legend variety.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.