TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. Electrotype Gilt AR(?) Medal (54mm, 67.93 g, 10h). Henry’s Assumption of the Title “Supreme Head of the Church of England”. By Henry Bayse (or Basse), chief engraver of the London mint. Dated 1545. Electrotype by Winter ReproElectronic Auction 472 British Medals, Silver Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. Electrotype Gilt AR(?) Medal (54mm, 67.93 g, 10h). Henry’s Assumption of the Title “Supreme Head of the Church of England”. By Henry Bayse (or Basse), chief engraver of the London mint. Dated 1545. Electrotype by Winter Reproductions Limited. HENRICVS OCTA ANGLIÆ FRAN CI ET HIB REX FIDEI DEFENSOR ET/IN TERR ECCLE ANGLI ET HI BE SVB CHRIST CAPVT SVPREMVM (Henry, eighth king of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, and on Earth, supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland under Christ), bust right, wearing a jeweled cap, ermine robe and jeweled collar; crowned Tudor rose above; crowned harp to left; crowned portcullis to right; crowned lis below; quadrate stops in legend / H R and legend in five lines in Hebrew over ΕΝΡΙΚΟΣ ΟQTΔΟΟΣ TPIΣ/ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ • ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΠΡΟ= /ΣΤΑΤΗΣ • ΕΝ ΤΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ/ΤΗΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΒΕΡΝΙ-/ΑΣ • ΥΠΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ • ΑΚΡΗ/• (rosette) Η ΚΕΦΑΛΗ • (lis) •/• Londini 1545 • in thirteen lines. Cf. MI 47/44; cf. Eimer 26 and note (for original). As made. |