CNG 94, Lot: 1951. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Testoon (33mm, 7.85 g, 12h). Third coinage. Tower mint; im: lis – pellet-in-annulet. Struck 1544-1547. Crowned facing bust (Jacob type 2); broken saltire stops, Roman E and R, A capped on left side only / Crowned rose; crowned h R flanking, broken saltire stops, Roman E, R, and M, A capped on left side only. Jacob O8/R12; Whitton B(I) = Winstanley, Exhibition 30; North 1841; SCBC 2365. Good VF, toned, area of flat strike on beard and rose. Rare die combination, unrecorded by Jacob.

From the James Fox Collection.