TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AV Angel (28mm, 5.14 g, 5h). Type I. Tower (London) mint; im: lis over halved sun & rose/halved sun & rose. Struck 1485-1487.Triton XXIII – Session Four – World Coinage Part II, British Coinage and Medals, and Large Lots British, Gold Sold For $ 5 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AV Angel (28mm, 5.14 g, 5h). Type I. Tower (London) mint; im: lis over halved sun & rose/halved sun & rose. Struck 1485-1487. (lis over halved sun & rose) hЄnRIC’· DI’· GRΛ’· RЄX ΛnGL’· Z FRΛnC : : (saltire and double saltire stops), hЄnRIC over RICΛRD, Archangel Michael slaying dragon / (halved sun & rose) PЄR CRVCЄ’· TVΛ’· SΛLVΛ · nOS · XPЄ’· RЄDЄmPT (saltire stops), ship bearing coat-of-arms and cross, h and rose flanking cross. Potter & Winstanley dies lis on sun & rose 1/sun & rose 2 (unlisted combination); SCBI 23 (Ashmolean) –; Schneider 503 (same obv. die); North 1694; SCBC 2180. Slightly off centre. VF. Extremely rare. |