Lot 186
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Henry VIII, Testoon, 7.55g., posthumous/third coinage mule, Tower, m.m. pellet in annulet, bust 3, crowned bearded bust of Henry VIII facing, close cropped hair, no jewels on band to crown, HENRIC 8 D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX, lombardic lettering with Roman R, lozenge stops, rev. large crowned rose, crowned H R at sides, POSVI DEVM ADIVTORIVM MEVM, sleeve stops (Jacob O.17/R.19 (this coin); Whitton B9 (this coin), N. -; S.2401), toned, a strong portrait, almost extremely fine for this issue, extremely rare
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Henry VIII, Testoon, 7.55g., posthumous/third coinage mule, Tower, m.m. pellet in annulet, bust 3, crowned bearded bust of Henry VIII facing, close cropped hair, no jewels on band to crown, HENRIC 8 D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX, lombardic lettering with Roman R, lozenge stops, rev. large crowned rose, crowned H R at sides, POSVI DEVM ADIVTORIVM MEVM, sleeve stops (Jacob O.17/R.19 (this coin); Whitton B9 (this coin), N. -; S.2401), toned, a strong portrait, almost extremely fine for this issue, extremely rare

Details
Henry VIII, Testoon, 7.55g., posthumous/third coinage mule, Tower, m.m. pellet in annulet, bust 3, crowned bearded bust of Henry VIII facing, close cropped hair, no jewels on band to crown, HENRIC 8 D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX, lombardic lettering with Roman R, lozenge stops, rev. large crowned rose, crowned H R at sides, POSVI DEVM ADIVTORIVM MEVM, sleeve stops (Jacob O.17/R.19 (this coin); Whitton B9 (this coin), N. -; S.2401), toned, a strong portrait, almost extremely fine for this issue, extremely rare
Provenance
T Dimsdale, Sotheby, 6 July 1824, lot 620
W Durrant, Sotheby, 19 April 1847, lot 385
T Brown, Sotheby, 26 July 1869, lot 438
J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 499
W Brice, collection purchase en bloc by H Montagu, 1887
H Montagu, Sotheby, 11 May 1896, lot 764
O Fitch, collection purchased by Spink, c. 1918
R Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 17 October 1921, lot 196
R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 1831
R Carlyon-Britton, collection purchased by Seaby, 1959
E M Norweb, Spink Auction 56, 19 November 1986, lot 1831
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The posthumous Testoon of Henry VIII is one of the rarest coins in the Shilling series and Carlyon-Britton's ticket reads 'only 3 known'. Jacob records no coin struck from posthumous dies on both sides, one posthumous/third coinage mule (this coin) and two third coinage/posthumous mules, one in the British Museum, the other in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.