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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 626

(x) NGC MS61 | Henry VIII, with Katharine of Aragon or Katharine Howard (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, Tower (London), (m.m.) hEnRIC? x 8 x DI' x G' x R' x AGL' x Z x FRA', crowned coat-of-arms, dividing uncrowned h and K [over R], rev. (m.m.) RVTILAnS : ROSA : SInE : SPInA x, crowned double rose, dividing uncrowned h and K, 1.849g [28.534grns], 2h, m.m. lys/lys over rose (cf. Schenider I, 602; cf. North 1794; S.2286/2288), a deft wave in flan, otherwise a most beautiful and richly ochre-red toned specimen, approaching extremely fine, a true connoisseur's cabinet specimen, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, sensitively graded MS61 (Cert. #8534367-011)

Provenance

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


M Amstell, by private treaty, July 1987



https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534367-011/61/

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Sold for
£14,000

Starting price
£2500