Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 2017 Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday) Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $200
HENRY VII, (1485-1509), silver halfgroat, facing bust issue with open crown coinage, mm. lis on rose/lis, almost complete tressures, issued 1487, London mint, mule of type I/IIIb, with lozenge panel in centre of reverse, (S.2202, [£300 F], N.1709, cf.SCBI 23, No,450). Toned, clipped, otherwise very fine and extremely rare.
Ex Alex Harris, antique dealer, Wellington, 1960's-1970's, bought 1966. To be type I the tressures should go all the way around the arch on the crown. Close examination of this coin shows that it almost goes around but is weak right at the top, The punches for the bust is essentially the same as that used in SCBI 23 No.450. The mint mark on the obverse with only the bottom half discernable, is clearly much more complicated than the lis used for type III on the reverse. A important mule of this intermediate series.
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