Modern coin – HCR40904

Obverse

Inscription:

hEnRIC 8 ROSA SInE SPInE

Design:

Crowned double rose, crowned H and R either side.

Reverse

Inscription:

D' G' AnGLIE FRA' Z hIB' REX

Design:

crowned royal arms, crowned H and R either side; initial mark: WS

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

1546-1547

Mint

Bristol

Denomination

Crown

Metal

gold

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.96

Axis

Diameter (mm)

18.2

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

North, J. J. - 1991 - English Hammered Coinage vol. 2 : 1836

Reference

Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom : 2310

Contributors to this coin record

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