Obverse:

HENRIC 8 [D G AG]L FRA [Z H]IB REX. Facing bust.

Reverse:

[POS]VI DEV ADIVTOR[EM] MEV. Crowned rose between crowned H R.

Small striking crack otherwise about very fine for issue, toned. Presumed unique with saltire stops.

From the S. Maguire Collection [bt from us Mar 2021]

Ex K. A. Jacob Collection [bt Baldwin Feb 1973]

Ex H. M. Lingford Collection [bt Seaby Sep 1949]

Ex R. Carlyon-Britton Collection

Published by K. A. Jacob ‘The Testoons in the Name of Henry VIII’, Spink Numismatic Circular, July/August 1975, p. 284, Fig.9 (this coin).

“A further indication of the attempts to mark the sixth coinage dies, and the unsettled conditions, may be seen in the sudden and unexpected return to satire stops on O.11a and R.15a. These classes are represented so far by a single specimen (K.A.J ex. Lingford).(Fig 9)