| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 106 Price realized: 2,400 GBP (Approx. 3,016 USD / 2,802 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Henry VIII, with Katherine of Aragon (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Gold Halfcrown, 1529-1532, Tower, hEnRIC? xx 8 xx DI' xx G' xx R' x AGL' x Z xx FRAC', crowned coat-of-arms, uncrowned h and K flanking, rev. RVTILAnS xx ROSA xx SInE xx SPInA x, crowned double rose, h and K flanking, 1.83g [28.2grns], 2h, m.m. lys over rose [both sides] (Schneider I, 601 same obverse die, albeit unaltered; SCMB, May 1970, G547 same dies; Clarendon I, 771 same dies; Whitton p. 180, iii variety; North 1794; Spink 2286), overt die break on reverse and areas of striking rust to obverse, a small mark on edge at 12 o'clock, otherwise sharply struck, a pleasingly good very fine to extremely fine, a rare mule. Provenance, Dr Lawrence A Adams, CNG Auction 100, 7 October 2005, lot 1066 - $2,750, CNG, by private treaty, April 2006, Dr Andrew Wayne, CNG Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lot 2276 - $3,000, Simon English Esq., Spink 172, 31 March 2005, lot 234 - "slightly weak on parts of legend, otherwise good very fine, rare" - £1,650, SCMB, June 1964, G1324*, and Pl. 31 [Front Cover], "very fine, RR" - £42.10.0 Estimate: £1400 - £2000 |  |
