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Auction: 14006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 54

Henry VIII (1509-1547), second coinage, 1526-44, Groat, 2.64g, m.m. rose, Roman lettering (Lombardic h) / Lombardic lettering, crowned young bust right, Laker A1, c in henric, open, di' gra' rex agl, z fr', rev. shield over long cross fourchée, saltires in forks (N.1797; S.2337A), dig in obverse field, light scratch to hair, even tone, a particularly pleasing specimen, good very fine, a very rare early piece with an almost pattern like look to it, especially rare with this obverse legend

provenance
C. F. Gilboy, Spink auction, 9 July 1981, lot 235, illustrated p.28 (£360)
F. A. Walters, Sotheby, 24-27 October 1932, lot 400 (part)
R. C. Lockett, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, part VII (English III), lot 3232, illustrated, pl. XVIII

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£1,800