Triton XXII, Lot: 1412. Estimate $750. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (25mm, 3.11 g, 7h). Facing Bust issue, class IIa. Tower (London) mint; no im. hЄnRIC’· DI’· GRA’· RЄX · AnGL’· 7 · FRAnЄ (trefoil stops), crowned facing bust within double polylobe with fleurs at cusps; two arches in crown / · POSVI DЄVm · A DIVTOR Є’· mЄVm/ CIVI TAS LOnDOn (trefoil stops), long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean) 189 (same dies); North 1704; SCBC 2195. Near EF, attractive cabinet tone. An exceptional example.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIX.3 (March 1981), no. 2179.