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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 259

PCGS AU53 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1544-1547, Southwark, [(m.m.) H]ENRIC '. 8 '. D '. G '. AGL '. FRANCI '. Z HIBE '. REX, trefoil stops, crowned and bearded King enthroned, holding orb and sceptre, Tudor rose below feet, rev. (m.m.) IhS : AVTE : TRANSIE : PERMEDI : ILLOR : IBAT, double trefoil stops, crowned shield supported by lion to left and dragon to right, 6.19g [95.52grns], 7h, m.m. S (Schneider I, 621; Whitton II(b)(a) 2/3; North 1828; S.2296), typical softness of strike, otherwise a pleasingly wholesome example, with faint orange cabinet tone in original and lustrous fields, struck very fine or near so, scarce in any grade, truly rare this wholesome and presentable, in PCGS holder, graded AU53 (Cert. #55968323)

Provenance

Baldwin's 105, 12 July 2022, lot 194


Thomas H Law, Stack's 176 (ANA Auction), 13 August 2013, lot 20064 - $4,500


Glendining, 8-9 April 1981, lot 9* - £550



https://www.pcgs.com/cert/55968323

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Estimate
£2,200 to £2,800

Starting price
£2000