308, Lot: 519. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Halfgroat (20mm, 1.49 g, 9h). First coinage. York mint, under Archbishop Thomas Wolsey; mm: plain cross/voided cross. Struck 1514-1526. Crowned bust right / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; below, cardinal’s hat between keys. North 1771; SCBC 2326. VF, toned.

From the D. Shuttleworth Collection.