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XF45 | Henry VIII silver Groat, First harp issue

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Start price: £550

Estimated price: £550 - £700

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Description

Ireland, Henry VIII (1509-47), silver Groat, first harp issue (1534-40), issued with Anne Boleyn (1534-35), quartered arms over cross fleury, beaded circles and legend surrounding, initial mark crown, hEnRI C’x VIII Dx Gx R’ AGLIE’x Z, rev. crowned harp, crowned h to left for Henry, crowned A to right for Anne, legend continues from obverse, FRAnCExx DOmInVSx hIBERnIE’x, 2.22g (D&F 201; S.6472). Toned, struck a little off-centre on reverse, slabbed and graded by NGC as XF45.


Condition report:

NGC certification 5711648-002.The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse Henry the Eighth by the Grace of God, King of England and continuing on the reverse as France, Lord of Ireland