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Auction: 7023 - The Glenister Collection of British Coins & other Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 546

Henry VIII, third coinage, 1544-1547, Sovereign, 12.86g, Tower mint, Type II, m.m. small lis both sides, bearded crowned king seated facing on throne with rose below, slipped trefoil stops, large crook shaped abbreviation mark after henric, Gothic letters, rev. crowned shield with supporters, hr below, double slipped trefoil stops, a omitted from transiens, Roman m, other letters Gothic (C.f. Schneider 608- same dies; N.1824; S.2290), a full round coin, slight weakness on kings robes, on shield and hr monogram, and in places in obverse legend, most pleasing, very fine Estimate £ 6,000-8,000

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