Help with Henry VII Groat

[Yucksha]

Hello all.

I recently purchased this Henry VII groat very cheaply in auction. It was listed as class IIIc, which I believe to be incorrect. The mintmark is quite clearly an anchor (inverted on obv., upright on rev.) which could only mean then that it is a class IIId (S.2199A). 

This difference is very slight so I wanted to get a second opinion to make sure I didn't miss or overlook anything.

Thanks for any help.

Merry Christmas.

[Ukstu]

Agreed. It is the Anchor mm which is class IIId in the Spink guide.

Auction houses are not always correct with their identifications. When i was researching my type IIIa groat i was looking at old sales. I was frequently finding type IIa coins listed as type IIIa & IIIb , the Pansy mintmark was also frequently mistaken for the Cinquefoil mintmark.

Edit added information. On the older documents on groats of Henry VII type IIId did not exist. It jumped from IIIc to IV. Its possible the auction has just used the old classification where type IIId was included as IIIc. I am not sure when they created the type IIId class but on older 1960s documents it was not present. That could also be the reason it was listed as IIIc.

 

Edited 50 minutes ago by Ukstu