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Auction 22180  13 Dec 2022
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Lot 112

Starting price: 80 GBP
Price realized: 260 GBP
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Henry VIII († 28 January 1547), Third Coinage, 1544-1547, or Posthumous Issue, under Edward VI, Transitional Period, Halfpenny, 1547-1551, Canterbury, Roman [?] lettering, reading h D G ROSA SINE SPINA, crowned 'Holbeinesque' facing bust, rev. CIVITAS CANTOR, long cross and trefoil of pellets in each angle, 0.24g, 8h, no m.m. (North 1861/1890; Spink 2387/2427), struck on a truncated and square-cut flan with further minor edge loss between 3 and 6 o'clock, otherwise rich dark tone, a handsomely uniform and imposing portrait, very fine and rare thus.
Provenance
Clarendon Collection [Bohr], Part I, Bonhams, 28 March 2006, lot 881 [Third Coinage] - well toned on both sides, strong portrait better than fine
Estimate: £100 - £140
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