CNG 100, Lot: 1065. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII, with Jane Seymour. 1509-1547. AV Crown of the Double Rose (26mm, 3.70 g, 4h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: arrow. Struck 1536-1537. (arrow) ҺЄnRIC’· VIII’· RVTILΛnS · ROSΛ · SIЄ’· SPIΛ’ (saltire stops), crowned double rose; crowned Һ I flanking / (arrow) DЄI : G’· R’: ΛGLIE’· Z · FRΛNC’: DNS’: hIBЄRNIЄ (saltire and double saltire stops), crowned coat-of-arms; Һ I flanking. Whitton (iv), 6 ; Schneider 591-2 var. (stops); North 1790; SCBC 2279. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, July 2010. Ex St. James 13 (6 May 2010), lot 534.