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Auction: 4026 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 228

Henry VIII, third coinage, Half-sovereign, 6.03g., Tower mint, king with bearded portrait seated facing on throne, holding orb and sceptre, rose below, reads henric 8, rev., crowned shield with lion and dragon supporters, hr monogram below, Roman lettering, small double saltire stops, m.m. pellet in annulet (Whitton type II(b), 1, and pl.IV.4 (same obv. die); Schneider 612 (same obv. die); N.1827; S.2294), an early piece of fine workmanship, very fine or better, with a strong portrait, scarce thus Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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