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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 621

(x) NGC AU53 | Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon or Katharine Howard (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILANS x ROSA x SINE x SPIA, crowned rose dividing h-R, rev. (m.m.) DEI ': G ': R ': AGLIE ': Z : FRANC ': DNS '. hIBER ', crowned shield dividing h-K, 3.687g [56.899grns], 1h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 595; North 1791/1788 S.2276), some peripheral striking softness, otherwise a beautifully wholesome and original specimen, a really bold very fine, presumably very rare with only two other specimens of this muling known to the collector, both in the British Museum, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, conservatively graded AU53 (Cert. #8534367-006)

Provenance

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


Spink, by private treaty, May 1987 - £3,947.50



https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534367-006/53/

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£1500