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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1547

Henry VIII († 28 January 1547), Posthumous Issues, struck under Edward VI, Half-Sovereign, 5 April 1547 - 24 January 1549, in 20ct Gold, Tower (London), (m.m.) HENRIC .' 8 : D .' G .' AGL .'. FRAN .' Z . HIB '. REX :•, small square stops, King enthroned, with Edwardian features, holding orb and sceptre, Tudor Rose below, rev. (m.m.) IHS '. AVTE '. TRANSIE '. PER : MEDI '. ILLOR '. IBAT, crowned shield with Lion and Griffin Royal supporters, HR in cartouche in exergue, [Spink XRF: 0.843 Fine AV], 6.23g [96.14grns], 1h, m.m. arrow/arrow (BM 2023 T695, no. 3 this coin; Bisham Abbey -, cf. 1963; Schneider I, 645 [Tower I]; North 1865; Spink 2391), tiny fissures to peripheries on a otherwise neat round flan, with typical die clashing at knees and to corresponding area of reverse, otherwise lustrous, a pleasingly bold very fine with a charming portrait and rather choice as issued; on a "mint-sharp" cookie-cutter planchet

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
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£3000