CNG 100, Lot: 1066. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon. 1509-1547. AV Halfcrown (19mm, 1.82 g, 9h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: rose/lis (over rose). Struck 1529. (rose) RVTILΛnS : ROSΛ : SInЄ : SPIΛ · (saltire and double saltire stops), crowned double rose; crowned Һ K flanking / (lis over rose) ҺЄnRIC’· 8 · DI’· G’· R’· ΛGL’· Z · FRΛ (saltire and double saltire stops), crowned coat-of-arms. Whitton (ii); Schneider 601 (same dies); North 1794; SCBC 2286. Good VF, mark on edge at 12 o’clock.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, April 2006. Ex Andrew Wayne Collection; Spink 172 (31 March 2005), lot 234; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 553 (June 1964), no. G1324.