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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 127

Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Testoon, 1544-1547, after Hans Holbein, Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC : 8 : D 'x G 'x AG[L 'x] FRA ['x Z : h]IB ': REX, lombardic lettering, crowned bust facing, rev. [(m.m.) PO]SVI : [D]EVM : ADIVTORIVM : MEVM, lombardic lettering, crowned Tudor rose [double], dividing lombardic h-R, 7.635g [117.83grns], 2h, m.m. pellet-in-annulet (North 1841; S.2365), striking split at 6 o'clock and with traces of doubling to otherwise largely legible reverse devices, the peripheries softly struck as usual for type, the portrait pleasing and balanced especially for this notoriously 'soft' issue, near very fine, and very scarce thus

Provenance

The Hartland Collection of English Coins


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Estimate
£1,400 to £2,000

Starting price
£1000