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Triton XXIII 14-15 Jan 2020
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TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AV Angel (28mm, 5.14 g, 5h). Type I. Tower (London) mint; im: lis over halved sun & rose/halved sun & rose. Struck 1485-1487. (lis over halved sun & rose) hЄnRIC'· DI'· GRΛ'· RЄX ΛnGL'· Z FRΛnC : : (saltire and double saltire stops), hЄnRIC over RICΛRD, Archangel Michael slaying dragon / (halved sun & rose) PЄR CRVCЄ'· TVΛ'· SΛLVΛ · nOS · XPЄ'· RЄDЄmPT (saltire stops), ship bearing coat-of-arms and cross, h and rose flanking cross. Potter & Winstanley dies lis on sun & rose 1/sun & rose 2 (unlisted combination); SCBI 23 (Ashmolean) –; Schneider 503 (same obv. die); North 1694; SCBC 2180. Slightly off centre. VF. Extremely rare.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.8 (October 1990), no. 5885; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 599 (July 1968), no. G1064.
Richard III was slain at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485. Here we find an Angel obverse die prepared for Richard but repurposed for use by the victor at Bosworth, Henry Tudor; hENRIC has been engraved over RICARD.
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For an Irish Groat of Richard III and a very rare Groat of the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel from the Fitts collection see lots 1386 and 1387 below.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.8 (October 1990), no. 5885; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 599 (July 1968), no. G1064.
Richard III was slain at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485. Here we find an Angel obverse die prepared for Richard but repurposed for use by the victor at Bosworth, Henry Tudor; hENRIC has been engraved over RICARD.
IN CATALOGUE ONLY
For an Irish Groat of Richard III and a very rare Groat of the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel from the Fitts collection see lots 1386 and 1387 below.