The Eccles Collection | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Imitation Groat, in the style of Second Coinage, 1526-1544, Tower, + (m.m.) hENRICVS RIX FRANCIE ET ANGL, crowned bust right, rev. dEVS | IN: AGI | [V]TORI | VM . ME, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.19g, 9h, m.m. lys (Lawrence [BNJ, 1907], pp. 311-316, not listed; cf. Laker bust D; cf. North 1797; cf. Spink 2337E), creased and short of flan, a bolder fine, a highly unusual contemporary forgery, presumably very rare.
Estimate: £50 - £80