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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 483

Henry VIII (1509-1547), First Coinage, Groat, September 1513 - 1518, Tournai, x x (m.m.) hEnRIC 'x DI 'x GRA 'x REX x FRAnC 'x Z x AGLIE 'x saltire stops, crowned and draped bust right, rev. (m.m.) CIVI | TAS : : TORn | ACEnS, double saltire stops, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.88g [44.45grns], 1h, m.m. crowned cursive t (Whitton -; North -; S.2317), some softness to portrait, otherwise lightly toned on a full flan, very fine, a pleasing example of this notorious Tudor rarity

Provenance

Spink, by private treaty, 2010 [with ticket]

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Estimate
£1,400 to £2,000

Starting price
£1400