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Auction: 23107 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 27: British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens Featuring the 'Leja Park' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 7123

Henry VII (1485-1509), Regular Issue, Halfgroat, 1504-1509, York, reading hENRIC VII..., crowned bust right, rev. POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEVM, square-topped shield over cross fourchée, keys below shield, 1.02g, 4h, m.m. martlet (North 1781/1; Spink 2262), split in legends and light porosity to surfaces, a bolder fine; also, Henry VIII (1509-1547), Halfgroats (2), Second 'Wolsey' Coinage, c. 1526-1532, Canterbury, Archbishop Warham, reading hENRIC VIII...., similar but portrait of Henry VIII, rev. CIVITAS CANTOR, similar, W-A beside shield, 1.27g, 5h, m.m. cross patonce (North 1802; Spink 2343), waterworn and creased, darkly 'field' toned, fair; lastly, Third Coinage, 1544-1547, Canterbury, reading, hENRIC 8...., three-quarters facing bust right, rev. similar, fields plain, 1.03g, 4h, no m.m. (North 1852; Spink 2378)

Provenance

i) ~ Found in 'the Roman field', at Wragby (Lincolnshire), 16 October 2009 ~
ii) ~ Found at Tupholme, East Lindsey District (Lincolnshire), 20 September 2009 ~
iii) ~ Found in 'the Roman hill field' at Kingthorpe, West Lindsey District (Lincolnshire), 30 July 2010 ~

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Estimate

Starting price
£70