Great Britain, Tudor. Henry VIII AV Half-Sovereign. Hammered Third Coinage; Tower (London) mint, AD 1544-47. (pellet in annulet) HЄꞂRIC' ⁑ 8 ⁑ D' ⁑ G' ⁑ AGL' ⁑ FRAꞂCI' ⁑ Z ⁑ HIB ⁑ RЄX ⁑, Henry seated facing on ornate throne with pellets on back, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger propped on his knee; Tudor rose below / (pellet in annulet) IHC ⁑ AVTЄ ⁑ TRANSI' ⁑ PЄR ⁑ ᙏЄD ⁑ ILLЄ ⁑ IBAT', crowned coat-of-arms with lion and dragon supporters. SCBC 2294; Schneider 614; North 1827; Friedberg 167. 6.29g, 29mm, 9h.
Very Fine; areas of flat strike to both obv. and rev., clear portrait of Henry.
Ex Numisor SA, Auction 3, 17 October 2020, lot 327.