LOT 3341
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Halfpenny. 1509-1547.
London (Tower) mint; i.m: portcullis crowned/–. First coinage; struck 1509-1526. (Portcullis crowned) [ҺЄNRIC DI GRA RЄX AGL], crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1779; SCBC 2334. Fine. Clipped.(0.38gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
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England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Groat. 1485-1509.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
London (Tower) mint; i.m: escallop. Facing bust issue, type IIIb. Struck 1493-1495. (Escallop) ҺЄNRIC ✿ DI ✿ GRA [...] RЄX ✿ ANGL ✿ Z ✿ F[...] ✿, crowned facing bust within double polylobe / (Escallop) POSV[...] DЄVM ✿ A-DIVTOR-Є ᙏЄ[...] and ✿✿ CIVI-TAS✿✿ ✿✿LONDON ✿✿, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1705b; SCBC 2198A. 2.80gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
England. Tudor, Henry VIII AR Penny. 1509-1547.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Durham mint; i.m: uncertain. Thomas Ruthall, bishop (1509-1523). First coinage. Sovereign type. [ҺЄN]RIC' ˣ DI' ˣ GRA ˣ RЄX [AGL Z], Henry enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger; throne pillar on either side surmounted by lis / [CIVI]-TAS ˣˣ ˣˣ DVR-ҺAᙏ, quartered shield-of-arms on long cross fourchée; T D flanking. Cf. North 1777; cf. SCBC 2332. 0.63gr, 15mm,10h.
Good Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
England. Tudor, Elizabeth I AR Threepence. 1558-1603.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Tower (London) mint; i.m: acorn. Third and Fourth issues; dated 1573. (Acorn) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA, crowned bust to left, wearing ruff; rose before / (Acorn) POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM • MEV .', coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; date above. North 1998; SCBC 2566. 1.47gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
