Modern coin – HCR40892

Obverse

Inscription:

hENRIC VIII RVTILAnS ROSA SIE' SPIA'

Design:

Double rose, crowned, with crowned h and K either side; initial mark: lis

Reverse

Inscription:

DEI G' R' AGLIE' Z FRAnC' DnS' hIBERnI'

Design:

Crowned royal shield with crowned h and K either side; initial mark: lis

Information

Category

English gold coin

Period

Modern

Group

Second Coinage (1526-44)

Authority

England: kingdom

Person

Henry VIII, king of England, 1509-1547, Katherine of Aragon, Queen consort of Henry VIII, 1509 - 1533

Reign

Henry VIII of England, 1509-1547

Dating

1529-1532

Mint

Tower

Denomination

Crown of the double-rose

Metal

gold

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.7

Axis

Diameter (mm)

18.7

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

22/8/1930

Source

E. S. Bouchier

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by E. S. Bouchier, 1930.

Reference

North, J. J. - 1991 - English Hammered Coinage vol. 2 : 1788

Reference

Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom : 2274

Contributors to this coin record

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