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Triton XXII 8-9 Jan 2019
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TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (25mm, 3.11 g, 7h). Facing Bust issue, class IIa. Tower (London) mint; no im. hЄnRIC'· DI'· GRA'· RЄX · AnGL'· 7 · FRAnЄ (trefoil stops), crowned facing bust within double polylobe with fleurs at cusps; two arches in crown / · POSVI DЄVm · A DIVTOR Є'· mЄVm/ CIVI TAS LOnDOn (trefoil stops), long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean) 189 (same dies); North 1704; SCBC 2195. Near EF, attractive cabinet tone. An exceptional example.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIX.3 (March 1981), no. 2179.
The addition of two arches over the king's crown in the Class IIa groats of Henry VII marked the first significant change in the design for the groat denomination in some 150 years.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIX.3 (March 1981), no. 2179.
The addition of two arches over the king's crown in the Class IIa groats of Henry VII marked the first significant change in the design for the groat denomination in some 150 years.