A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1546-1547, Bristol Castle, (Under-Treasurer, William Sharrington), (WS) hEnRIC ?x 8 : D '. G '. AGL .' FRAnCIE : Z : hIB .' REX : double saltire stops, King enthroned holding orb and sceptre, rev. iHS .' AVTE '. TRAnSIEnS : PER MEDI .' ILLOR .' IBAT, crowned squared-topped shield flanked by Royal supporters, HR in cartouche beneath, trefoil stops, Lombardic lettering, 6.11g [94.0grns], 10h, p.m. WS/- (HCN 25; Kenyon 98/20; Whitton, Part IV, pp. 317-318, Pl. XXIII, 2 same dies; Montagu -; Murdoch -; Lyddon 21; Ryan 150 this coin; Lockett -; Whitton variant 2; Schneider I, -; North 1829; Spink 2298), striking weakness as usual for series, otherwise on a neat round flan, a pleasing very fine, of the highest rarity and known from only one pair of dies
A Lost Parcel from the Celebrated Horace Hird Collection | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1546-1547, Bristol Castle, (Under-Treasurer, William Sharrington), (WS) hEnRIC ?x 8 : D '. G '. AGL .' FRAnCIE : Z : hIB .' REX : double saltire stops, King enthroned holding orb and sceptre, rev. iHS .' AVTE '. TRAnSIEnS : PER MEDI .' ILLOR .' IBAT, crowned squared-topped shield flanked by Royal supporters, HR in cartouche beneath, trefoil stops, Lombardic lettering, 6.11g [94.0grns], 10h, p.m. WS/- (HCN 25; Kenyon 98/20; Whitton, Part IV, pp. 317-318, Pl. XXIII, 2 same dies; Montagu -; Murdoch -; Lyddon 21; Ryan 150 this coin; Lockett -; Whitton variant 2; Schneider I, -; North 1829; Spink 2298), striking weakness as usual for series, otherwise on a neat round flan, a pleasing very fine, of the highest rarity and known from only one pair of dies
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