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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1546

Henry VIII († 28 January 1547), Posthumous Issues, struck under Edward VI, [First Period] / Third Coinage [Lifetime Issue] Mule, Half-Sovereign, c. 5 April 1547 - 24 January 1549, in 20ct Gold, Tower (London), (m.m.) HENRIC :' 8 : D :' G '. AGL '. FRAN '. Z . HIB '. REX ': lozenge stops, King enthroned, with Edwardian features, holding orb and sceptre, Tudor Rose below, rev. (m.m.) IhS '. AVTE '. TRAnSIEnS '. PERMEDI '. ILLOR . IBA ., crescent stops, crowned shield with Lion and Griffin Royal supporters, HR in cartouche in exergue, [Spink XRF: 0.839 Fine AV], 6.17g [95.2grns], 11h, m.m. arrow/annulet (BM 2023 T695, no. 2 this coin; Whitton [1949], Pl. VI, no. 4; Bisham Abbey -; Schneider I, 645/612 [cf. 643 - Third/Posthumous Mule] [Tower I]; cf. SJA 24, 23 September 2013, lot 38 [Third/Posthumous Mule]; North 1865/1827; Spink 2391/2294), minor striking fissures and resulting softness to peripheries otherwise fully lustrous and notably choice, a really good very fine and practically as struck for issue; on a "mint-sharp" cookie-cutter planchet; a mule of the highest rarity

Provenance
Found by Mr P Astley at Cheddleton (Staffordshire), Saturday 29 April 2023


~ Recorded with National Museums Liverpool (ref. PAS: LVPL-797522) ~

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Estimate
£8,000 to £12,000

Starting price
£8000