Triton XX, Lot: 1569. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Angel (28mm, 5.18 g, 6h). First coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: crowned portcullis. Struck circa 1513-1526. × (crowned portcullis) ҺЄnRIC’ × VIII’ × DI’ × GRΛ’ × RЄX × ΛGL’ × Z × F’ ×x, Archangel Michael slaying the dragon to right with spear terminating in cross crosslet / (crowned portcullis) PЄR × CRVCЄ’ × TVΛ’ × SΛLVΛ × nOS × XPЄ’ × RЄDЄ’, ship bearing shield and cross, Һ and rose flanking cross. Whitton iii, var. 2; Schneider 562 (same dies); North 1760; SCBC 2265. VF.
From the Kallman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 897389 (August 2011); Bruun Rasmussen 820 (13 May 2011). lot 5291.