Katherine of Aragon, First Wife of Henry VIII
TUDOR. Henry VIII, with Katherine of Aragon. 1509-1547. AV Crown of the Double Rose (26mm, 3.77 g, 2h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: rose. Struck 1526-1529. (rose) ҺENRIC9 · VIII9 · RVTILΛNS : ROSΛ : SINE : SPINΛ’ (double and single saltire stops), crowned double rose; crowned Һ K flanking / (rose) DEI : G’ : R’ : ΛGLIE’ : Z : FRΛNC’ : DNS’· hIBЄRNIЄ (single and double saltire stops), crowned coat-of-arms. Whitton i; cf. Schneider 579-82 (for type); North 1788; SCBC 2273. In PCSGS encapsulation 59000120, graded MS 62.
