Triton XXI, Lot: 1420. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VIII, with Jane Seymour. 1509-1547. AV Crown of the Double Rose (26mm, 3.68 g, 7h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: arrow. Struck 1536-1537. (arrow) ҺЄnRIC’ · VIII’ · RVTILΛnS · ROSΛ · SIЄ · SPIΛ’ (saltire stops), crowned double rose; crowned Һ R flanking / (arrow) DЄI : G’ · R’ : ΛGLIЄ’ · Z · FRΛnC’ : DnS’ : hIBЄRIЄ’ (single and double saltire stops), crowned coat-of-arms; crowned Һ I flanking. Whitton iv, var. 8; Schneider 596 var. (legends); North 1790; SCBC 2281. Good VF. Rare.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection, purchased from Andy Singer.