Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second Coinage, Crown of the Double-Rose, 1526-1544, Tower, (m.m.) hENRIC ?x VIII ?x RVTILANS x ROSA x SINE x SPINA, crowned Tudor rose dividing h-K, rev. (m.m.) DEI : G x R : AGLIE x Z + FRANC x DNS : hIBERNIE, double saltire stops, crowned shield, 10.68g [including mount], 12h, m.m. rose (Schneider I, 581; North 1788; S.2273), 9ct Rose Gold hallmarked lunette mount, surfaces flash-gilt, otherwise a really pleasingly bold very fine and evidently from a 19th Century find - (London Bridge Hoard ?)
