Rare Tournai Mint Groat

429, Lot: 429. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Groat (26mm, 3.07 g, 9h). First coinage. Tournai mint; im: crowned T. Struck 1513-1518. Crowned bust right / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Hoc 215; Whitton –; North –; Stewartby p. 437; SCBC 2317. Near VF, toned, slight bend, small edge chip. Rare.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex Elsen 59 (18 September 1999), lot 1755; Elsen inventory (April 1980).