ENGLAND ANGEL 1526-1544 Henry VIII. NGC AU

Certification

Numéro de certification : 8590955-022

État : AU DETAILS

NGC numéro du objet : 755815

Provenance: (5.05g)

Valeur nominale : ANGEL

Atelier (Abbrev.) : ENGLAND

Variante : S-2268 HENRY VIII

Ans : (1526-44)

1526-1544, England, Henry VIII. Gold Angel Coin. (5.05gm) NGC AU+

Mint Period: 1526-1544
Denomination: Gold Angel
References: Friedberg 168, S-2268.
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as AU (Details: Cleaned!)
Material: Gold (.958)
Diameter: 29mm
Weight: 5.05gm


Obverse: Nimbate armorded and winged figure of Saint Michael floating, looking right and stabbing the dragon below him with a cross-topped lance.
Legend: (privy mark: lis) HENRIC9 x VIII x D' x G' x R' x AGN' x Z x FRANCIE

Reverse: British galleon with squared shield, topped by a cross-shaped mast, flanked by cypher of the King ("h" for Henry) and rose of England.
Legend: (privy mark: lis) PER xx CRVCE' xx TVA x SALVA xx NOS xx XPE' xx REDE' x
Translated: ("By thy cross save us o Christ our redeemer.")



A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used as a armed cargo carrier primarily by European states during the age of sail from the 16th to 18th centuries and were the principle fleet units drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch wars of the mid-1600s. Galleons generally carried three or more masts with a lateen fore-and-aft rig on the rear masts, were carvel built with a prominent squared off raised stern, and used square-rigged sail plans on their fore-mast and main-masts. Such ships were the mainstay of maritime commerce into the early 19th century, and were often drafted into use as auxiliary naval war vessels—indeed, were the mainstay of contending fleets through most of the 150 years of the Age of Exploration — before the Anglo-Dutch wars begat purpose-built ship-rigged warships that thereafter dominated war at sea during the remainder of the Age of Sail.



The "rose of England" symbol on coinage primarily refers to the Tudor rose—the heraldic combination of the red rose of Lancaster and white rose of York—introduced by Henry VII in 1485 to signify national unity and peace. It has appeared intermittently on English and British denominations for over 500 years, most famously on the modern decimal 20 pence coin minted from 1982 to 2008.







Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 22 April 1509, and King of England and Ireland from 14 June 1542 until his death in 1547. He was the first English monarch to rule as king of both realms.

Henry was born in Greenwich as the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. His elder brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales, was heir apparent until his death in 1502, and married Catherine of Aragon, a Spanish princess. Henry was created Prince of Wales in 1504 and acceded to the throne upon his father's death in 1509, marrying Catherine with a papal dispensation. He was described as an attractive, educated, and accomplished king during the early years of his reign.

Henry grew dissatisfied with the marriage to Catherine, appealing to Pope Clement VII for annulment. Clement did not grant annulment, and Thomas Cranmer, then-archbishop of Canterbury, declared the marriage void in the eyes of the Church of England in 1533. Clement objected to Cranmer's verdict and excommunicated Henry from the Catholic Church, after which Henry passed the Acts of Supremacy, establishing himself as Supreme Head of the Church of England and thereby relieving his realms from obedience to the pope. He dissolved remaining Catholic convents and monasteries and seized their wealth, contributing to the English Reformation.

Henry married six times in his life. His first marriage was to Catherine of Aragon, who gave birth to Mary, the first of Henry's children to survive infancy. He had a daughter, Elizabeth, from his marriage to Anne Boleyn, and secured a male heir, Edward, from his marriage to Jane Seymour. He annulled his marriage to Anne of Cleves after seven months, marrying Catherine Howard, and finally Catherine Parr. Henry is infamous for his role in the beheadings of Anne Boleyn in 1536 and Catherine Howard in 1542, and for the annulment of his marriages to Catherine of Aragon in 1533 and Anne of Cleves in July 1540.

Considered one of the greatest monarchs in English history, Henry grew more tyrannical, egotistical, lustful, and paranoid by the end of his life. He was morbidly obese and immobile, with a gangrenous leg wound contracted from a jousting accident in 1536. He was also said to have suffered from diabetes, oedema, and organ failure. His final wife Catherine Parr accompanied him until his death, and he was buried at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. He was succeeded by Edward VI, his only surviving son.

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