Unique Henry VII/Richard III Mule
Ex Lord Stewartby and Lingford Collections
425, Lot: 788. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Penny (15mm, 0.67 g, 5h). Mule with reverse of Richard III. Durham mint, under John Sherwood. Struck circa 1486/7. + [hЄnR]IC DЄI GRΛ [...], crowned facing bust; S on breast / CIVI [TAS D]IR RAm, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters, retrograde D in center. Allen 191, and n. 783 (
this coin, illustrated); SCBI 23 (Ashmolean) –; cf. North 1730; cf. SCBC 2222. VF, toned. Unique.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Lord Stewartby Collection (Part III, Spink 243, 28 March 2017), lot 1528, purchased from A. H. Baldwin, December 1995; H. M. Lingford Collection, acquired October 1947.