拍品描述： MS60 | Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third Coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1546-1547, Bristol Castle, (Under-Treasurer, William Sharrington), (WS) hEnRIC ?x 8 : D . G . AGL . FRAnCIE : Z : hIB . REX : double saltire stops, King enthroned holding orb and sceptre, rev. iHS . AVTE . TRAnSIEnS : PER MEDI . ILLOR . IBAT, crowned squared-topped shield flanked by Royal supporters, HR in cartouche beneath, trefoil stops, Lombardic lettering, 6.11g [94.0grns], 10h, p.m. WS/- (HCN 25; Kenyon 98/20; Whitton, Part IV, pp. 317-318, Pl. XXIII, 2 same dies; Montagu -; Murdoch -; Lyddon 21; Ryan 150 this coin; Lockett -; Whitton variant 2; Schneider I, -; North 1829; Spink 2298), striking weakness as usual for series, otherwise on a neat round flan, a pleasing very fine, of the highest rarity and known from only one pair of dies, in NGC Horace Hird holder, graded MS60 (Cert. #6135299-026)