Auction: 17011 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins Part 5, Tudor and Stuart Coins
Lot: 1597
Henry VIII (1509-47), second coinage, Halfgroats (2), London, 1.33g, m.m. lis/rose, henric viii d g r agl z fr, saltire stops, crowned bust right, rev. posvi dev adivtoe mev, saltire stops; 1.34g, m.m. arrow over lis/?, otherwise as previous (N.1800; S.2341; Stewartby p.471, the first pl.33/577 this coin), the first attractively toned with strong legends, both nearly very fine, the first rare (2)
provenance:
(i), (ii) Shirley-Fox bequest 1939
C E Blunt
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£230