Triton XXI, Lot: 1423. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Angel (28mm, 5.21 g, 4h). Third coinage. London (Tower) mint; im: lis. Struck 1542-1545. (lis) hЄnRIC’· 8 · D’ · G’ · ΛGL’· FRΛ’· Z · hIB’ · RЄX · ° (slipped trefoil stops), Archangel Michael slaying dragon to lower right, spear topped by cross-crosslet / (lis) PЄR · CRVCЄ’ · TVΛ’ · SΛLVΛ · nOS · XPЄ’ · RЄDЄ (slipped trefoil stops), ship bearing shield and cross; Һ and rose flanking cross, annulet on ship. Whitton, p. 188, standard type; Schneider 622 var. (final stops on both sides); North 1830; SCBC 2299. Good VF, warm reddish tone.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex World Wide Coins of California (J. Elmen) XLI (9 May 2002), lot 110.