A Small Group of Groats of Henry VII, the property of a Gentleman

Henry VII (1485-1509), Facing Bust issue, Groat, class IIIc, mm. cross-crosslet on obv., greyhound’s head no. 2 on rev., lettering G2/G1b, crown with inner arch plain, saltire stops, double after rex, rev., double saltire before civi and lon, single after tas and don, 2.95g/6h (Carlyon-Britton BNJ XVIII, no.20, this coin; Shuttlewood 31, same dies; SCBI Ashmolean 422; N 1705c; S 2199). Slight crease with associated light scratches on bust, otherwise nearly very fine with light grey toning; a significant and published academic rarity with a superb pedigree £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Group of Groats of Henry VII, the property of a Gentleman.

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R.C. Carlyon-Britton Collection, Sotheby Auction 17 October 1921, lot 158d [pl. II] ’extremely fine and very rare mule’; W.J. Potter Collection; L.A. Lawrence Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 11 July 1951, lot 687d [pl. II]; Lord Stewartby Collection, Part 5, Spink Auction 243, 28 March 2017, lot 1500 (part)