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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 608

(x) NGC AU | Henry VII (1485-1509), Sovereign, Type III, Spring 1493 - Autumn 1495, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRICVS : DEI : GRACIA : REX : ANGLIE : ET : FRANCIE : DNS : IBAR, crowned robed figure of King sitting facing on throne, holding orb and sceptre, greyhound and dragon supporters on throne pillars, ten fleur-de-lys around throne, Latin legend with inner and outer beaded borders surrounding, initial mark dragon both sides, mullet colon stops both sides, rev. (m.m.) *IhESVS* AVTEM* TRANSIENS: PER: MEDIVM: ILLORVM: IBAT: :, quartered shield of arms upon blooming rose, within ten arc double tressure of beaded and linear makeup, lion and lys alternation within each arc, Latin legend with inner and outer beaded border surrounding, 15.290g [235.96grns], 12h, m.m. dragon (Ruding, Pl. IV, 5; Kenyon 4; Brooke 3; A E Packe 176 = Thellusson ; SCBI 23 [Ashmolean], 78; Bruun 531; Bruun 532 = Heath 7; Huth 29; Clarke-Thornhill 40; Raynes 58*; Yates-Thompson = Ryan 105*; Lockett 1676 = Cabell = Schneider I, 549; North 1691; BMC 5; S.2174), a smll scratch on orb, otherwise an imposing specimen of this celebrated Tudor rarity, handsomely uniform in the strike on a full round flan, a wholesome very fine and equally rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8534361-002)

Provenance

The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins


Christie, Manson and Woods, 17 February 1987, lot 179 - £8,800


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Sold for
£55,000

Starting price
£40000