Lot 28
28
Henry VII, Groat, 3.11g., class IIIc, m.m. cross-crosslet, saltire stops, reads ANGLIE, lettering G3a, rev. cross-end no.10, coded stops 12/11 (P & W p. 291 (unrecorded reading ANGLIE); N.1705c; S.2199), slightly double struck, otherwise about very fine
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Henry VII, Groat, 3.11g., class IIIc, m.m. cross-crosslet, saltire stops, reads ANGLIE, lettering G3a, rev. cross-end no.10, coded stops 12/11 (P & W p. 291 (unrecorded reading ANGLIE); N.1705c; S.2199), slightly double struck, otherwise about very fine

Details
Henry VII, Groat, 3.11g., class IIIc, m.m. cross-crosslet, saltire stops, reads ANGLIE, lettering G3a, rev. cross-end no.10, coded stops 12/11 (P & W p. 291 (unrecorded reading ANGLIE); N.1705c; S.2199), slightly double struck, otherwise about very fine
Provenance
Dr E J Harris collection, purchased by Baldwin 1993
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The crown type on this Groat places it as class IIIc, though all crosslet Groats have lettering G and reverse cross-end no.10, exactly as the very last greyhound's head Groats of class IVb (Potter and Winstanley p. 290, c.f. SCBI 23, 423-427)