Triton XX, Lot: 1570. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Angel (28mm, 5.17 g, 11h). First coinage. Tower (London) mint mint; im: crowned portcullis (without chains on rev.). Struck circa 1513-1526. (crowned portcullis) ҺЄnRIC’ × VIII’ × DI’ × GRΛ’ × RЄX × ΛGL’ × Z × FRA’ x ×x, Archangel Michael slaying the dragon to right with spear terminating in cross crosslet / (crowned portcullis-without chains) PЄR × CRVCЄ’ × TVΛ’ × SΛLVΛ × nOS × XPЄ’ × RЄDЄ’, ship bearing shield and cross, Һ and rose flanking cross. Whitton iii, var. 3; Schneider 563; North 1760; SCBC 2265. VF, golden tone.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (21 February 1990), lot 439.