Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2274. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Half Angel (2.58 g, 6h). First coinage. Tower mint; mm: castle with chains, circa 1509-1513. hEnRIC9 x VIIJ9 x DI' x GRA' x REX x A'L' x Z, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon; pellets above III / O xx CRVX xx AVE xx SPES xx VnICA xx, ship bearing shield and cross, h and rose flanking cross. Whitton p. 187, i.2; cf. Schneider 565; North 1761; SCBC 2266. Good VF, slight doubling on reverse. Choice for issue. ($2000)

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 158 (27 March 2002), lot 346 and front cover; Glendining (9 December 1964), lot 63.