TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (26.5mm, 2.64 g, 7h). Tentative profile issue. Tower (London) mint; im: –/lis. Struck 1502-1504. Crowned bust right; double band to crown / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Potter & Winstanley Type Ib, obv. die 4, rev. 10; SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), –; North 1744; SCBC 2256. Scratches in field on obverse. Toned. Near VF. Very rare early tentative issue reading hENRIC.
Ex R.A. Shuttlewood (Spink 151, 15 March 2001), lot 75.