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Auction: 21064 - The Horace Hird Collection of Tudor, Stuart and Commonwealth Coins and Patterns
Lot: 32

AU53 | Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon (1509-1547), Second Coinage, George Noble [of 6-Shillings and 8 Pence], (Struck 5 November 1526 - 1529), Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC?x DI 'x G 'x R '+ AGL '+ Z + FRAnC 'x DnS '+ hIBERnI, Ship surmounted by rose and crucifix mast dividing H and K, twisted rigging 2/1, with bowsprit, waves lapping below, rev. (m.m.) TALI : DICA : SIGnO : MES 'x FLVCTVARI : nEQVIT ', St George lancing Dragon, 4.57g [70.3grns], 6h, m.m. rose (Murdoch I, 415 this coin; Stewartby III, 977 same dies; Schneider I, 576; North 1785; Spink 2270), faintly crimped and doubled in legend around hIBERNI, otherwise a beautifully centred and uniform example, amongst the finest known of this iconic Tudor talisman, nearly extremely fine, very rare and with an exemplary pedigree encapsulated with deposits of rex wax in recesses, in NGC 'Horace Hird' holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #6135299-032)

Provenance
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection
Royal Numismatic Society, 21 December 1955, - Mr Horace Hird read a short paper on 'St George and the English Coinage'.
Dr F O Arnold, collection offered through Spink Numismatic Circular, February-March 1953
Dr Heath, Glendining, 1937, lot 29 - extremely fine, well struck and of great rarity - £100.0.0 [Arnold]
Bruun, Sotheby's, 1925, lot 563 [illus.] - remarkably fine and very rare - £66.0.0 [Spink for Heath]
J G Murdoch, First Portion, Sotheby's, 31 March - 4 April 1903, lot 415 [illus.] - exceedingly fine and extremely rare - £34.10.0 [Lincoln for Bruun]
H Clark, Sotheby's, 23-26 May 1898, lot 123 [illus.] - very fine and very rare - £34.0.0 [Spink for Murdoch] [Ruding 5, 3]
A B Richardson, Sotheby's, 22-24 May 1895, lot 113 - £30.0.0 [Verity for Clark]
Rev. E J Shepherd, Sotheby's, 22-25 July 1885, lot 210 - very fine and very rare - £40.0.0 [Verity for Richardson]
Rev. J W Martin, Sotheby's, 23-27 May 1859, lot 146 - extremely rare and very fine - £20.10.0 [Shepherd]



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