TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. Cast AR Medal (40mm, 28.88 g,

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. Cast AR Medal (40mm, 28.88 g, 7h). Head of the Church. 18th century casting after a post-1542 original. (lis) HENRICVS·' 8 DEI · GRACIA ·· ANGLIE : FRANCI Z ·HIBERN · REX ·, crowned and mantled half-length bust facing slightly right, holding sword and globus cruciger / (lis) ANGLICE * Z · HIBERNICE : ECCLESIE : SVPREMVM CAPVT, coat-of-arms with lion and dragon supporters holding crown; HR below. MI 46/42; Eimer –. Cast.. Near VF. Rare.


From the El Medina Collection. Ex Dr. Bruno Mantegazza Collection (Spink 113, 5 March 1996), lot 1.

Greatly prized by collectors in the past who assumed it to be a silver Crown.