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Description
Henry VII of the House of Tudor, King of England 1485-1509 AD, Gold Angel (5.18g, 28mm), Class V, initial mark ‘downward Pheon’ (1505-1509), Royal mint, London. Obverse: Saint Michael the Archangel, wearing nimbus-crown and armour, impales his spear into the fallen dragon below, inner lined border and legend with cross stops surrounds, “ҺЄꞂRIC’· DI: GRΛ: RЄX· ΛGL: Z· FRΛ’:”. Reverse: Ship with central mast baring the Shield of Arms of the House of Tudor, “Һ” and the Tudor Rose either side above, ocean waves below, inner lined border and legend with cross stops surrounds, “PЄR: CRVCE’· TVΛ· SΛLVΛ· ꞂOS· XPЄ· RD”. North-1698; S-2187. Exhibiting typical levels of strike with points of flatness each side, overall quite pleasing and a type that has seen continued interest, details Very Fine.
The obverse Latin legend reads unabridged as “Hēnrīcus, Deī grātiā, rēx Angliae et Franciae”, with an English translation of “Henry, by the Grace of God, King of England and France”. The reverse Latin legend is the first legend used between 1344 and 1553, reading unabridged as “per crucem tuam salvā nōs, Chrīste redēmptor”, with an English translation of “by Thy cross save us, Christ the Redeemer”.
