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Auction 17011  28 March 2017
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Lot 1571

Starting price: 120 GBP
Price realized: 420 GBP
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Henry VIII (1509-47), first coinage, Penny, Canterbury under Archbishop Warham, 0.60g, m.m. martlet, henric di gra rex agl, saltire stops, king on throne holding orb and lis-topped sceptre, lis on pillars, rev. civi tas can tor, saltire stops, shield on long cross fourchée, w a above; Halfgroat, 1.13g, m.m. pomegranate, henric viii di gra rex agl, saltire stops, rev. saltire stops, shield on long cross fourchée, w a at sides (N.1774, 1767; S.2329, 2322; Stewartby p.448, 443), the first plugged, good fine, extremely rare, the second with rough surfaces, nearly very fine (2)The Shirley-Fox ticket notes only one Penny known, and no other example has appeared at auction in the past 50 years..
Provenance: (i) F A Walters, Sotheby, 26-30 May 1913, lot 526eShirley-Fox bequest 1939C E Blunt(ii) A gift of C E Blunt, June 1975
Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00
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