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Auction: 17011 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins Part 5, Tudor and Stuart Coins
Lot: 1581

Henry VIII (1509-47), first coinage, Penny, Durham under Bishop Wolsey, 0.73g, m.m. spur rowel, henric di gra rex agl, saltire stops, king on throne holding orb and lis-topped sceptre, lis on pillars, rev. civi tas dvr ram, saltire stops, shield on long cross fourchée, d w beside shield, hat below (N.1778; S.2333; Stewartby p.449 and pl.31/561 this coin), very fine, extremely rare in this condition, most of the eight examples known to this cataloguer being either double struck, pierced and/or chipped, or unavailable to collectors

provenance:
F A Walters, Sotheby 26-30 May 1913, lot 528a
Shirley-Fox bequest 1939
C E Blunt


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Sold for
£1,000

Sale 17011 Notices
Estimate should read as £300-400.