Triton XVII, Lot: 1441. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Angel (29mm, 5.12 g, 12h). Third coinage. London (Tower) mint; im: lis. Struck 1544-1547. hЄnRIC’· 8 : D’· G’· ΛGL’· FRΛ’· Z : hIB’: RЄX · (saltire and double saltire stops), Archangel Michael slaying dragon to lower right; annulet to left of St. Michael’s head / PЄR : CRVCЄ’· TVΛ’· SΛLVΛ · nOS · XPЄ’· RЄDЄ’··, ship bearing cross above coat-of-arms; h and rose flanking base of cross; annulet on hull. Whitton, p. 188; Schneider 624 var. (legend stops); North 1830; SCBC 2299. VF. An attractive, well struck example.

From the Ross Blakey Collection.