LOT 3333
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfgroat. 1509-1547.
York mint; i.m: key / key. Sede Vacante, archbishop. Second coinage; struck 1530-1531. (Key) ҺЄN[RIC VII]I' × D' × G' × R' × [AGL'] × Z × FR', crowned bust to right / (Key) CIVI-TAS ×× ×× ЄBO-R[ACI], coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1806; SCBC 2347. Fine.(1.30gr, 17mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfgroat. 1509-1547.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Canterbury mint; i.m: -. Third coinage; struck 1544-1547. [...] Z ҺIB RЄX, crowned and mantled bust facing slightly to right / CIVI-TAS CAN-TOR, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1852; SCBC 2378. 0.97gr, 19mm, 12h.
Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996. -
England. Stuart, Charles I AR Halfgroat. 1625-1649.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Tower (London) mint; i.m: crown/portcullis(?). Group D, type 3.1. Fourth bust. Struck under Charles I, 1633-1636. (Crown) • CAROLVS • D •' G •' MAG •' B •' F •' ET [H •'] REX •, crowned and draped bust to left, II (mark of value) behind / (Portcullis?) IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT, coat-of-arms; C R flanking. Cf. North 2254; cf. SCBC 2828. 1.02gr, 16mm, 3h.
Fine.
Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector. -
England. Tudor, Henry VIII with Jane Seymour AV Halfcrown. AD 1509-1547.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Tower mint; i.m: arrow. Second Coinage. Struck 1526-1544. (Arrow) RVTILANS ˣˣ ROSA ˣˣ SINЄ ˣˣ SPINA, crowned rose dividing Һ •I• (for Henry and Jane) / (Arrow) ҺЄNRIC '+ 8 + DI '+ G '+ R '+ AGL '+ Z + FRA' +, crowned shield dividing Һ •I• (for Henry and Jane). North 1795; SCBC 2287. 1.82gr, 20mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Found Lancashire, UK.
Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife and Queen. Married for just under a year and a half, Jane is best known as the mother of Edward VI, Henry’s long-awaited son and heir. She died just 12 days after giving birth to her son at Hampton Court Palace.
