Watch List notes:

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Angel (28.5mm, 5.13 g, 2h). First coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: pheon. Struck 1509. (pheon) ҺЄnRIC9 × VIII9 × DI' × GRΛ9 × RЄX × ΛGL' × Z × FRA' ××, Archangel Michael slaying dragon to lower right, spear topped by cross-crosslet / (pheon) PЄR × CRVCЄ' × TVΛ' × SΛLVΛ × nOS × XPЄ' × RЄDЄ', ship bearing shield and cross; Һ and rose flanking cross. Whitton i; Schneider 556 var. (legends); North 1760; SCBC 2265. VF, lightly toned. Well struck.


From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 1679.