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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 93

NGC AU | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Angel, 1544-1547, (m.m.) hENRIC ?' 8 • D '. G '. AGL '. FRA '. Z • HIB '. REX :, slipped trefoil stops, St. Michael vanquishing Dragon, annulet behind head, rev. (m.m.) PER • CRVCE '. TVA '. SALVA • nOS • XPE '. REDE .', slipped trefoil stops, ship surmounted by square-topped shield and mast dividing h and rose, annulet on decking, 4.98g [76.85gns], 6h, m.m. lys (Schneider I, 622; North 1830; S.2299), some partial softness, yet with a light red tone and lustre, a bolder very fine, in NGC holder, graded AU Details (Cert. #8222399-006)

Provenance

SCMB, August 1977, A1310 - "good VF" - £375 (confusingly, a ticket in one of the other coins in the collection conflates two coins, it mentions an Angel (S.2299) bought in August 1977 of Henry VIII, but then lists a purchase price of £1,400, the mint mark pheon, and the condition 'superb', 'EF+'.)



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8222399-006/NGCDetails/

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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£1100