BRITISH COINS. AN OLD COLLECTION OF GOLD ANGELS, HALF-ANGELS AND QUARTER-ANGELS. Henry VII, Gold Angel, class I, St Michael with one foot on top of dragon, other foot breaks roped circle, dragons tail intrudes left wing, dragon with robust claws, initial mark lis on halved sun and rose (1485-1487) both sides, hENRIC`DIGRAREXANGL`Z FRANC, rev ship sailing right with long bowsprit that intrudes legend, roped inner circle, four line hull to ship with trace of pellets on left side, h malformed and larger rose by mast perhaps with six petals, PER CRVCEM TVAM SALVA nOS XPC REDET, no stops in legend, 4.82g (cf Schneider 504; N 1694; S 2179). Lightly creased and straightened, weak in parts, good fine to nearly very fine with good face on the angel, extremely rare.
ex Angers Hoard, see British Numismatic Journal 1968
bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 7 January 1993
Estimate: £2500-3000