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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 611

(x) NGC XF | Henry VII (1485-1509), Ryal of 10-Shillings, current October 1489 - 1492, Tower (London), hENRIC ' DI . GRA . REX . ANGL . Z . FRANC . DNS . IBAR, trefoil stops, King standing in ship, holding sword and Tudor shield, lombardic h on standard on forecastle, ropes 3/2, rev. + IhC .' AVTEM . TRANSIENS . PER MEDIV . ILLORV IBAT, trefoil stops, French shield in centre of Tudor rose, trefoil stops on both sides, 7.431g [114.67grns], 2h, i.m. cross fitchée [on reverse only] (Snelling, Pl. 2, 1 ['Noble']; Ruding Pl. IV, 6; Kenyon 49; Lawson 1921, = Ryan 1950, 108; Pembroke 1848, 106 [£105.0.0] = Rashleigh 1909, 758 = Lockett = Beresford-Jones 1983, 25 = Schneider I, 552 same dies; SCBI Ashmolean, 84 same dies [= Potter & Winstanley, BNJ XXXII, Pl. X, 7]; North 1693; S.2178), crinkled with a resulting central flan crack dislodging lys of French shield from centre of Tudor Rose, otherwise struck details about very fine, OF THE HIGHEST RARITY, only EIGHT specimens are known; five of which are in institutional collections, and the other in the multi-generational Schneider collection; thus this is the first example to be offered at worldwide public auction in OVER 45 YEARS, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Extremely Fine (Cert. #8534361-004)

Provenance

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


T W J D Dupree, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, Autumn 1989 [with his ticket]


Glendining, 6-7 February 1980, lot 138*



The ordinary indenture signed at the beginning of the new reign (2 November 1485) with Giles Daubeny and Bartholomew Reed, provided for the striking of Ryals to weigh 120 grains and pass for 10s. with their halves and quarters, but the only known issue of a coin corresponding to this was that which must have appeared at the same time as the first sovereign following the order of October 1489, as it bears the cross fitchy mark on the reverse (PI. X, 7). This exceptionally rare piece, of which eight specimens are known, copies the obverse design of the original Ryal of Edward IV with the crowned figure of the king with sword and shield standing in a ship, but on the reverse has the large double rose with a small central shield bearing the lilies of France only. There are, of course, modifications in the obverse design compared with the last Ryals of Edward IV - the shape of the ship and shield, the figure of the king with tall double crown, and the two flags, one flying from the bow with the letter 'h' and one from the stern with what looks like a wyvern but is probably intended for a dragon. The lettering is the normal one of the contemporary groats and the stops are trefoils on both sides. No reasonable explanation has so far been offered for the presence of the French shield on the reverse



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Sold for
£25,000

Starting price
£15000