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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 309

Henry VII (1485-1509), profile issue, Testoon or Shilling, 9.21g, type I/I, m.m. lis both sides, henric' di' gra' rex anglie z fran', crowned bust right, single arched crown with six jewels, beaded border, beaded and wire line inner circles, rev. posvi dev'x a - divto' ev'x mev', plain square topped shield over long cross fleury with ornamental ends, with small lis at terminals, beaded border, beaded inner circle (BNJ 1962 die 2/2, and plate X,3 - this coin; N.1740; S.2251), struck slightly off cente on reverse and lightly burnished in fields both sides, otherwise with a clear portrait, very fine for this classic issue, extremely rare, the Murdoch plate coin

provenance
V J E Ryan, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, lot 967, 'very fine but slightly burnished in the field on both sides, extremely rare', £70
O Fitch, collection purchased by Spink, 1918
Dr T J Wakley, Sotheby, 6 December 1909, lot 313 (illustrated), £38
J G Murdoch, first portion, Sotheby, 31 Mach 1903, lot 394 (illustrated), 'very fine and excessively rare', £30.10/-
H Montagu, second portion, Sotheby, 11-16 May 1896, lot 692, 'very fine and extremely rare' , £16.10/-
S Addington, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1883

Four Testoons are known reading henric' di' gra'. Three have this reverse type with a small lis at the ornamental cross ends, and the fourth has the second type with slipped trefoils at the cross ends (see Roger Shuttlewood collection, Spink auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 73).

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Sold for
£32,000