Modern coin – HCR40884

Obverse

Inscription:

hEnRICVS VIII DI GRA AGL

Design:

St Michael wearing armour, facing, standing on dragon, which he pierces with a spear; initial mark: lis

Reverse

Inscription:

FRANCIE ET [ ]NIE REX

Design:

ship with large cross as mast from which hangs the Royal shield, h and rose either side of cross; initial mark: lis

Information

Category

English gold coin

Period

Modern

Group

Third Coinage (1544-47)

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-1547

Reign

Henry VIII of England, 1509-1547

Dating

1542-1545

Mint

Tower

Denomination

Quarter-angel

Metal

gold

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.3

Axis

Diameter (mm)

12.1

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1760

Source

Browne-Willis

Acquisition credit

Presented by Browne-Willis, 1760.

Reference

North, J. J. - 1991 - English Hammered Coinage vol. 2 : 1832

Reference

Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom : 2304

Reference

Whitton, Coinage Henry VII and Edward VI in Henry's name :

Note:

p. 185: Whitton notes striking of angels from May 1542 - March 1545 but that 'by far the greater quantity of this gold was coined after 1 June 1544' (i.e. beginning of the Third Coinage/Period (1544-47).

Contributors to this coin record

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