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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 622

(x) NGC MS62 | Henry VIII, with Anne Boleyn (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double Rose, Tower (London), (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILAnS : ROSA x SINE x SPIA' crowned rose dividing h-A, rev. (m.m.) DEI : G ': R ': AGLIE '. Z .' FRANC '. DNS '. hIBERI ', crowned shield dividing h-R, 3.655g [56.405grns], 10h, m.m. arrow (Schneider I, 593; North 1789/1791; S.2278), bright and with a hint of peripheral striking softness, otherwise splendidly choice for issue, good extremely fine and truly much as issued, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #8534367-007)

Provenance

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


Alderman Horace Hird, Third Portion, Sotheby's, 24 March 1988, lot 697 - "legends a little weak in parts but devices on both sides extremely fine and well struck, this piece excessively rare"


Richard Cyril Lockett [English II], Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1744* - "very fine and very rare" - £60.0.0 [Hird]



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Sold for
£20,000

Starting price
£1500