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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1549

Henry VIII († 28 January 1547), Posthumous Issues, struck under Edward VI, Half-Sovereign, 5 April 1547 - 24 January 1549, in 20ct Gold, Tower (London), (m.m.) HENRIC ? 8 ': D •'. G '. AGL '. FRA '. Z HIB ? REX, pellet stops and comma contractions, longer after HENRIC and HIB, King enthroned, with Edwardian features, holding orb and sceptre, Tudor Rose below, rev. (m.m.) IH[C] x AVTE 'x TRANSIENS x P[ER] x MEDIV x' ILLO 'x IBAT, "neat little cross pattée" (saltire) stops, crowned shield with Lion and Griffin Royal supporters, HR in cartouche in exergue, [Spink XRF: 0.844 Fine AV], 6.13g [94.60grns], 4h, m.m. martlet/martlet (BM 2023 T695, no. 5 this coin; Whitton, p. 86 and 88; Bisham Abbey 1970; Schneider I, - cf. 660 [Tower II]; Spink 171, 25 November 2004, lot 14 same dies; North 1865; Spink 2391), struck on an irregular flan, with typical striking unevenness as usual for type, otherwise lustrous, about very fine, the reverse die very rare with only two specimens traced at global public auction this millenium; on a "mint-sharp" cookie-cutter planchet

Provenance
Found by Mr P Astley at Cheddleton (Staffordshire), Saturday 29 April 2023


~ Recorded with National Museums Liverpool (ref. PAS: LVPL-797522) ~



C A Whitton, writing for the BNJ (1949, pp. 56-89, and Pls. I-VII), stated: "I.m. Martlet. The initial mark, again a scarce one, is placed on both sides (PI. VI, 11) and there is no mark or letter below the shield. The stops are round pellets, or rarely saltires."

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£3000