Watch List notes:

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Testoon (30mm, 7.74 g, 5h). Third coinage. London (Tower) mint; im: pellet-in-annulet. Struck 1544-1547. ҺЄnRIC [: 8 : D' : G' : ΛGL' : FR]Λ' · Z : ҺIB' : RЄX (broken saltire and double saltire stops), crowned facing bust (Jacob type 1); Lombardic E, Roman R, Lombardic A / [P]OSVI : DEVM : ΛDIVTORIVM : MEVM :, crowned rose; crowned Һ R across field; broken saltire stops, Roman E, Lombardic M, Roman R, Lombardic A. Jacob O13/R16; North 1841; SCBC 2365. Good VF, light doubling. Imposing portrait. Wonderful surfaces for issue. Rare as such.


Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIX.2 (February 1981), no. 852.