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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 25

xHenry VIII (1509-47), first coinage, Angel, 5.19g., St. Michael standing slaying the dragon, HENRIC VIII DI GRA REX AGL Z FR, two saltires by nimbus, rev. ship bearing shield and cross, h and rose at sides, reads REDE, saltire stops, m.m. portcullis (without/with chains) (Whitton (iii), variant 3/1; c.f. Schneider 563; N.1760; S.2265), very slightly creased, a pleasing full coin, with traces of original lustre, almost extremely fine Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 PROVENANCE:E J Winstanley, collection purchased by Baldwins, c.1960

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