Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2569. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Penny (0.62 g, 11h). Second coinage, sovereign type. Durham mint, Bp. Tunstall; mm: star/-. Struck 1530-1534 or 1537-1541. Henry enthroned facing / Royal shield over long cross; C D flanking shield. Whitton viii; Allen 211; North 1813; SCBC 2354. VF, toned, slight die shift. Choice for issue.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex R.A. Shuttlewood Collection (Spink 151, 15 March 2001), lot 139b.

Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall was the last bishop to have the right to strike coinage at Durham. The mint closed in 1541.