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Auction: 17011 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins Part 5, Tudor and Stuart Coins
Lot: 1641

Henry VIII (1509-47), third coinage, Groat, 2.55g, Tower mint, m.m. lis (over annulet on obverse), henric 8 di g agl fra z hib rex, broken saltire stops, crowned facing large bust 2, rev. posvi dev adivtore mev, trefoil stops, long cross over shield, pellet in annulet in forks (N.1844; S.2369; Stewartby p.526; Laker B), flat in parts, toned, nearly very fine, very rare with this initial mark


It is unclear whether the obverse mintmark is over a simple annulet, or a pellet in annulet. Although the latter is seen on Testoons, neither mark is known on the Groats of this period and so may be unintentional. Laker (1978) noted two examples
provenance:
Bt April 1968

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