389, Lot: 1222. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Halfgroat (19mm, 1.37 g, 9h). Second coinage. Canterbury mint, under Archbishop William Warham; im: monogram/-. Struck 1526-1532. Crowned bust right / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; W-Λ across field. North 1802; SCBC 2343. EF, areas of light toning, some weakness in legends. Great portrait coin.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind (Classical Numismatic Group 102 (18 May 2016), lot 1515; Dix Noonan Webb 92 (21 June 2011), lot 126 (where it realized £350).