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Auction: 4026 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 147

Henry VIII, third coinage, Sovereign, 12.21g., Southwark, type IIb, small module, king enthroned holding orb and sceptre, throne with curved sides, rose at feet, henric 8 di gra agl francie z hibern rex, rev., crowned shield with lion and dragon supporters, hr in cartouche below, slipped trefoil stops, Gothic letters with Roman r, m and r, m.m. S (Schneider 611 (same dies); N.1825; S.2291), crease across king's robe, edge lightly smoothed, otherwise a clear portrait for this often weakly struck issue, about very fine, rare Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1973, no.1092

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