303, Lot: 956. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Groat (26mm, 2.40 g, 9h). Third coinage. Bristol mint; im: -/WS. Struck circa 1546-1547. hЄnRIC. 8 D. G. AnG. FRA. Z hIB. RЄX (trefoil contraction marks), crowned bust facing slightly right; trace of WS beneath C, trace of rose after RЄX / C[IVI] TAS BRIS TOLIЄ, royal coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; lis in forks; pellet below third quarter of shield; rose after TAS, lis before BRIS; pellet on inner border. Whitton 4; North 1846; SCBC 2372. VF, toned. Well struck for this poorly made issue.