ENGLISH TUDOR COINS - HENRY VIII - WILLIAM SHARINGTON - TESTOON VARIANT 1546-1547 AD Third coinage. Obv: facing bust with HENRIC 8 D G ANGLI FRA Z HIB REX legend with 'WS monogram' mintmark for William Sharington (Bristol Mint Master), mixed stops and rose after ANGLI. Rev: crowned Tudor rose with crowned 'H' and 'R' at sides and CIVITAS BRISTOLIE with one L legend for Bristol mint (extremely rare), with rosette stops, lis between words and unusual form of letter 'A'. 6.66 grams. Fair/good fine (overall fine for issue). Extremely rare. Provenance Found Near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK, 2015 Literature S. 2368; N. 1839 variant; see Winstanley, E. J. An Exhibition of Coins of Henry VIII, BNJ 24, pp.113-117 and Pls.I-II, number 36, for an example from the Lockett collection showing same letter 'A' form and other features in common (not illustrated but possibly a die duplicate?); also see Spink's Numismatic Circular, 83 (1975), pp.283-286 and 334-336 for a useful study. Footnotes The testoon coinage of Henry VIII, together with the facing bust smaller denominations, were struck in debased silver; when found, the loss of copper due to soil conditions usually results in a porous surface, as with this example; these coins were also frequently struck weakly and are in low relief to the obverse so are very difficult to find in better grades, especially for Bristol mint examples.
ENGLISH TUDOR COINS - HENRY VIII - WILLIAM SHARINGTON - TESTOON VARIANT 1546-1547 AD Third coinage. Obv: facing bust with HENRIC 8 D G ANGLI FRA Z HIB REX legend with 'WS monogram' mintmark for William Sharington (Bristol Mint Master), mixed stops and rose after ANGLI. Rev: crowned Tudor rose with crowned 'H' and 'R' at sides and CIVITAS BRISTOLIE with one L legend for Bristol mint (extremely rare), with rosette stops, lis between words and unusual form of letter 'A'. 6.66 grams. Fair/good fine (overall fine for issue). Extremely rare. Provenance Found Near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK, 2015 Literature S. 2368; N. 1839 variant; see Winstanley, E. J. An Exhibition of Coins of Henry VIII, BNJ 24, pp.113-117 and Pls.I-II, number 36, for an example from the Lockett collection showing same letter 'A' form and other features in common (not illustrated but possibly a die duplicate?); also see Spink's Numismatic Circular, 83 (1975), pp.283-286 and 334-336 for a useful study. Footnotes The testoon coinage of Henry VIII, together with the facing bust smaller denominations, were struck in debased silver; when found, the loss of copper due to soil conditions usually results in a porous surface, as with this example; these coins were also frequently struck weakly and are in low relief to the obverse so are very difficult to find in better grades, especially for Bristol mint examples.
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