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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 489

Henry VIII († 28 January 1547), Posthumous Issue, under Edward VI, Half-Sovereign, Tower II, HENRIC 8 . DEI . GRA '. FRA ' Z . HIB .' REX, lozenge stops, King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, rose at feetrev. IHS · AVTEM · TRANSIENS · PERMEDI · ILLOR · IBAT · lozenge stops, crowned square-topped shield flanked by supporters, K below, 6.17g [95.2grns], 8h, no m.m. (Stewartby pp. 520; Schneider I, 656; North 1865; Spink 2392), modest flan splits at 1 and 4 o'clock, otherwise a delightfully 'fresh' coin, the usual sporadic striking softness for issue, approaching very fine and rather wholesome

Provenance

Lord Stewartby, Part III, Spink 239, 26 September 2016, lot 987

M Senior, by private treaty, February 1998

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Starting price
£1800