CNG 100, Lot: 2269. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Groat (25mm, 2.75 g, 10h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: rose. Struck 1526-1544. (rose) hЄNRIC’ · VIII’ · D’I · G’ · R’ · ΛGL’ · Z · FRΛnC’ (saltire stops), crowned and draped bust right (Laker D var.), with crown breaking inner circle / (rose) POSVI DЄV’· Λ DIVTORЄ’· MЄV (double saltire stops), coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Whitton p. 207, i.3; North 1797; SCBC 2337E. Near EF, toned. Exquisite portrait. An unusual variety with the crown breaking the inner circle on the obverse.