+ EXALTABITVRxx Inxx GLORIA
Toned with some light nick
AD 803-811
53g (BCW HP-1B/a1
skilfully adapted from an etching by Bohemian artist Wenceslaus Hollar
Henry VIII gold Halfcrown, mm pellet in annulet, MS61, capital letter Hs + EXALTABITVRxx Inxx GLORIAHenry VIII (1509 47), gold Halfcrown of the Double Rose, third coinage (1544 47), Tower Mint, issued at Thirty Pence in 20 carat gold, crowned double rose, Roman style H to left and R to right for Henry Rex, transposed legends, beaded circle and Latin legend surrounding, initial mark pellet in annulet both sides, Roman lettering with saltire stops both sides, RVTILANSxx ROSAxx SINExx SPINA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, H to left and R to