British Coins featuring the late Ron Hansen Collection

Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third coinage, Angel, mm. lis, annulet to left of nimbus, three annulets on side of ship, trefoil stops on rev., 5.13g/3h (cf. N 1830; cf. S 2299). Slightly creased, otherwise nearly extremely fine, extremely rare, the reverse variety unpublished £3,000-3,500

Whitton describes the annulets on this gold issue as additional privy marks but records the variety with three annulets on the ship, which he calls rare, only for the half-angel. No angel of this variety is to be found in any of the major collections or references