Extremely Rare ‘Three Crowns’ Halfgroat

383, Lot: 807. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Halfgroat (16mm, 0.68 g, 7h). Late ‘Three Crowns’ issue. Dublin (or Waterford?) mint. Struck 1488-circa 1490. h[ЄN RICV S] DI G[RAT...], coat-of-arms over annulet cross / [...] ITΛ [BЄR...], three crowns over annulet cross. SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), –; D&F –; SCBC 6445 var. (no h on rev.); Baldwin’s 80 (8 May 2013), lot 2447 (same dies). Good Fine, toned, areas of flat strike, irregular flan. Extremely rare.