The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins & Tokens formed by Marvin Lessen

Henry VII (1485-1509), Facing Bust issue, Second period, Halfgroat, class IIIb, Canterbury, King and Abp Thomas Morton jointly, mm. tun on obv., lis on rev., crown with inner arch plain, rosette stops, no marks by neck, broken ts on rev., cantor over london, 1.47g/9h (P & W III, Gp B, var. 5a/3; SCBI Ashmolean 557ff; N 1712; S 2210). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise very fine and toned, an especially clear obverse mint-mark £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: With Baldwin; bt J. Linzalone August 1995.

At the time dies for the ecclesiastical issues were produced at the Tower, which would explain the error on the reverse. For another see Shuttlewood 42b