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| 正面描述 | Enthroned facing effigy of Henry VIII depicted in full regalia, seated upon an ornate throne with a high curved back and flanking angel supporters, the king holding an orb and sceptre. The sovereign portrait follows the grand Tudor style established by the first English sovereign type, presenting the monarch in majestic frontal view. A Tudor rose appears in the field below the throne. The surrounding legend in uncial Latin characters reads the royal title of Henry VIII as King of England, France, and Ireland. |
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| 正面铭文 | hENRIC 8 DI GRA AGL FRANCIE Z hIBER REX (Translation: Henry the Eighth by the Grace of God King of England France and Ireland) |
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Henry VIII debased English gold coinage in stages across his reign, but the 3rd coinage represents the most aggressive reduction, dropping the fineness of the sovereign to 20 carats — down from the 23 carat standard his father had established. The debasement was driven by the chronic fiscal drain of continental warfare and the costs of maintaining the court, not by any monetary reform agenda. The Crown was, bluntly, spending faster than tax revenue and dissolved monastic wealth could cover.
Dies for this issue were produced at the Tower mint under the supervision of the Master of the Mint Ralph Rowlett, who took office partway through this coinage period. The reduced gold content was partially masked by a heavier, more imposing design format — the sovereign remained a prestige object even as its intrinsic value quietly contracted.