Henry VIII 1546-1547 Gold Crown of the Double Rose – VF/GVF – Rare

Henry VIII (1509-1547), gold Crown of the Double Rose, 1546-1547, Bristol [Castle], under treasurer, William Sharrington mint, third coinage (1544-1547), m.m. none/WS (monogram). Obv. Crowned Tudor Rose dividing crowned ‘h’ and ‘R’, all within inner beaded circle. Rev. Crowned coat-of-arms dividing crowned ‘h’ and ‘R’. 2.84g, die axis 8h (S.2310; North 1836). Some striking weakness to the periphery, otherwise the flan neat and round with bold central devices and some lustre, the light tone adding to already rich golden hues, an attractive coin with superb eye appeal, a pleasing survivor of this desirable provincial mint. A bold very fine to good very fine and rare, with a distinguished provenance.

With old tickets and Seaby envelope.

Provenance
Ex. Bought Seaby, Private Treaty, 1972 – £125 (with old inventory ticket, no. 722271)
Ex. Bridgewater House, Southby Auction, 15/06/1972, Lot 31 (£90 hammer)
Ex. John Sutherland Egerton, 5th Earl of Ellesmere, latterly Duke of Sutherland from 1963 (loaned to the British Museum for safekeeping during the reconstruction of the house by the Earl of Elsmore (1800-1857))
Ex. Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (died 1857)
Ex. Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke and 6th Earl of Bridgewater (died 1803) ~ to his great gandson
Ex. John Egerton, 2nd Duke and 5th Earl of Bridgewater (died 1748) ~ to his fourth son
Ex. Earls of Bridgewater, thence by descent