Details
LOT 3919
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Groat. Struck 1509-1526. London (Tower) mint; i.m: portcullis. First coinage.
(Portcullis) ҺЄNRIC 9ˣ VIII 9ˣ DI 'ˣ GRA 'ˣ RЄX ˣ AGL ˣ Z ˣ FR 'ˣ, crowned bust to right with features of Henry VII (Laker A) / (Portcullis) POSVI DЄV' ˣˣ A-DIVTORЄ' ˣˣ MЄV, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1762; SCBC 2316. Near Very Fine. Deeply toned.(2.81gr, 25mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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