Triton XXI, Lot: 1413. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AV Angel (27mm, 11h). Type IV. Tower (London) mint; im: greyhound head. Struck 1502-1504. (greyhound head) ҺЄnRIC’ · DI’ : GRΛ’ · RЄX · ΛGL’ · Z · F’ (single and double saltire stops), Archangel Michael slaying dragon to lower right, spear topped by cross-crosslet / (greyhound head) PЄR : CRVCЄ’ · TVΛ’ · SΛLVΛ : nOS : XPЄ’ (single and double saltire stops), ship bearing shield and cross, h and rose flanking cross. P&W dies unlisted; SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), –; Schneider 530 var. (legends); North 1698; SCBC 2187. In NGC encapsulation, graded MS 65.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Sharps Pixley Collection (Spink 72, 9 November 1989), lot 11.