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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 33

Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Testoon, 1544-1547, after Hans Holbein, Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC : 8 : D : G ': AGL ': FRA : Z : hIB ': REX, crowned bust facing, rev. (m.m.) POS[VI :] DEVM : ADIVTORIVM : MEVM, crowned Tudor rose, dividing crowned H-R, 6.76g [104.32grns], 7h, m.m. pellet-in-annulet (North 1841; S.2365), with pitted surfaces and softly struck in parts as usually encountered, nonetheless pleasing to parts of legends, with a dark old tone, fine, better in parts for this notoriously 'soft' issue

Provenance

The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins


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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1000