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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 135

Henry VIII (1509-1547) (2): i) Third Coinage, Groat, 1544-1547, Bristol Castle (Under-Treasurer, William Sharrington), crowned bust three-quarters facing right, Laker bust A, rev. (m.m.) CIVITAS (rosette) (quatrefoil) BRISTOLIE, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, trefoils in forks, 2.40g, 6h, m.m. -/WS (North 1846; S.2372), clipped and darkly toned, struck details pleasing to portrait, about very fine; ii) another, Third Coinage, Groat, 1544-1547, Bristol Castle (Under-Treasurer, William Sharrington), rose after REX, crowned bust three-quarters facing right, Laker bust A, rev. (m.m.) CIVITAS (rosette) (trefoil) BRISTOLIE, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, trefoils in forks, 2.73g, 9h, m.m. -/WS (North 1846; S.2372), softly struck, with a uniform dark grey tone, bolder fine (2)

Provenance

ii) Michael Trenerry, by private treaty, January 1980 - £97.50

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£140