Watch List notes:

BRITISH COINS. AN OLD COLLECTION OF GOLD ANGELS, HALF-ANGELS AND QUARTER-ANGELS. Henry VIII, Gold Angel, first coinage, St Michael with both feet on dragon, tail nearly meets left wing tip and wire line inner circle, initial mark castle (1509-1513) both sides, hENRICV.I.I.I?DI`GRA`REXAGL'ZF' , rev ship sailing right, bowsprit crosses rope and nearly touches wire line circle, h touches rope, squarer smaller rudder, PERCRVCE`TVA `SALVA nOS XPE`RED`, 5.02g (cf Schneider 557-9; N 1760; S 2265). Fully round, some residual dirt in legends and weak in parts, otherwise very fine and rare, no matching coin in Schneider.
ex Sothebys, 10 April 1992, lot 531 (part)

Estimate: £1500-2000