Groat (1540-42)

Henry VIII, harp coinage, second issue/first issue mule (1540-42), groat, mm. trefoil/crown, with title DOMINUS, crowned arms on long cross, rev. crowned harp between crowned h and R: Henricus Rex, wt. 2.39gms. (S.6479/6475; DF.204), lightly buckled, weak in places, otherwise, almost very fine, very rare
Purchased C. Denton, 2002.
Lots 282 to 310 were the subject of Chris Comber’s lecture entitled The Irish Harp Coinage of Henry VIII, the Definitive Version.