Triton XXI, Lot: 1418. Estimate $2500. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon. 1509-1547. AV Crown of the Double Rose (25.5mm, 3.74 g, 5h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: rose. Struck 1526-1529. (rose) ҺENRIC9 · VIII9 · RVTILΛNS : ROSΛ : SINE : SPINΛ (double and single saltire stops), crowned double rose; crowned Һ K flanking / (rose) DEI : G’ · R’ · ΛGLIE’ · Z · FRΛNC’ · DNS’ : hIBERNIE’ (single and double saltire stops), crowned coat-of-arms. Whitton i; cf. Schneider 581; North 1788; SCBC 2273. VF, minor weakness of strike in spots. Choice for issue.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection.