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Auction: 5014 - The Coinex Sale
Lot: 1390

Henry VIII, third coinage, Half-sovereign, 5.97g., Tower mint, king with bearded portrait seated facing on throne, holding orb and sceptre, reads FRANCIE ET HIBERN, rev. crowned shield with lion and dragon supporters, HR monogram below, small/large Roman lettering, small double saltire/trefoil stops, m.m. pellet in annulet (Whitton II(b) var.1/3 and pl.IV, no.2 (same dies); c.f Schneider 612; N.1827; S.2294), lightly creased, rather weak on king´s face, fine Estimate £ 300-400PROVENANCE Purchased Seaby, 27 January 1931 for £1-8-6

Sold for
£500