Ireland (1534-35) groat S-6472
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This specimen was lot 1878 in Jean Elsen sale 125 (Brussels, June 2015), where it sold for €180 (about US$240 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRLANDE, Henri VIII (1509-1547), AR groat, s.d. (1534-1535). Avec Anne Boleyn. Différent: couronne. D/ Ecu écartelé de France et d'Angleterre, posé sur une croix longue. R/ Harpe couronnée, entre les initiales H-A couronnées. Très Beau. (Ireland, Henry VIII (1509-47), silver groat without date, with Anne Boleyn, crown privy mark. Obverse: quartered arms of France and England over a long cross; reverse: crowned harp divides crowned "H-A". Very fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,31 g.
Catalog reference: S. 6472.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 125: Collections Dr. Jacques Marneffe, Jean-Marie Chouters et Henri Pottier, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.
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