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Auction: 17011 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins Part 5, Tudor and Stuart Coins
Lot: 1536

Henry VII (1485-1509), Halfgroats (2), York under Archbishop Bainbridge, type Vb, 1.52g, m.m. martlet, henric vii di gra rex agl z, profile bust right, saltire stops both sides, rev. posvi dev adivtore mev, shield on long cross fourchée, keys below; type Vc/b mule, 1.10g, m.m. rose/martlet, obv. as previous, rev. posvi dev adivtoe mev (N.1751/1; S.2262; Stewartby p.442, the first pl.30/511 this coin), nearly very fine or slightly better, the second with edge splits and rough surfaces, rare (2)

provenance:
(i) Bt Spink, April 1955
(ii) W J Potter
The first coin is illustrated on plate 30, but the index of plates p.566 incorrectly describes this as a Vd, mm.rose/martlet

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