TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Crown of the Double Rose (26mm, 2.89 g, 8h). Third coinage. Bristol mint; im: –/(WS). Struck April 1546-1547. Crowned double rose; crowned Һ R flanking / Crowned coat-of-arms; R Һ flanking. Whitton 2, var. 4 (same dies as illustration); Schneider 640 var. (arrangement of letters in rev. field); North 1836; SCBC 2309A. Lightly polished, some deposits, edge crack. VF. Rare variety with letters transposed on reverse.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CIII.7 (September 1995), no. 4780.
