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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1550

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 '• FRA '• Z HIB ? REX, pellet stops and comma contractions, longer after HENRIC and HIB, King enthroned, with Edwardian features, holding orb and sceptre, Tudor Rose below, rev. (m.m.) IHS ? AVTE ? TRANSIE ? PER MEDI ? ILLOR ? IBAT, pellet stops and longer comma contractions, crowned shield with Lion and Griffin Royal supporters, HR in cartouche in exergue, [Spink XRF: 0.846 Fine AV], 6.22g [95.99grns], 2h, m.m. martlet/martlet (BM 2023 T695, no. 6 this coin; Whitton [1949], Pl. VI, 11; Bisham Abbey 1968; Schneider I, 660 [Tower II] same obverse die; North 1865; Spink 2391), typically uneven in parts but unusually sharp across central devices and with much residual lustre, strictly very fine, but much as issued and 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