Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2545. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Halfgroat (1.59 g, 9h). Facing bust issue, class IIa. Canterbury mint, Archb. Morton; mm: none. Struck 1488-1489. Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; two arches to crown, outer jeweled; crosses flanking neck, pellet stops, ‘eye’ after GRA / Long cross, large m in center; trefoils in quarters. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 528 (same obv. die); North 1711; SCBC 2208. VF, toned. Attractive bust.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex R.A. Shuttlewood Collection (Spink 151, 15 March 2001), lot 40; E.M. Norweb Collection (Spink 48, 13 November 1985), lot 306; R. Carlyon-Britton (portion purchased by Spink, 1959); L.A. Lawrence Collection (Glendining, 28 November 1951), lot 1239 (part of).