British and World Coins, Tokens, Banknotes and Medallions

Italy, Philip II, silver Testone, 1554-56, obverse portrait bust to left, reverse Arms of Habsburg dominions impaling those of England. Very fine, the obverse perhaps better, a pleasing portrait

This rare coin is of interest to English collectors because it bears the Arms of England which Philip II was entitled to during the period of his marriage to Mary I of England.