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1422-1430 Henry VI Groat Calais Annulet Issue Incurved Pierced Cross

1422-1430 Henry VI Groat Calais Annulet Issue Incurved Pierced Cross Obverse

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Annulet issue hammered silver Groat of Henry VI, struck in Calais between 1422 and 1430, during his first reign. Obverse: shows a facing bust of the King, crowned with annulets either side of his neck. The portrait is enclosed within a double tressure of arcs with trefoils in the angles, itself within a beaded circle. The leg.end around reads: ‘HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC’. Mint mark: incurved pierced cross. Reverse: Long cross, dividing two concentric beaded circles into quarters. Inner ring houses three pellets in each segment with annulets in two opposite sections. Middle ring reads ‘VIL | LA xx | CALI | SIE xx’. Outer ring reads ‘POSVI ○ | DEVM xx A | DIVTOR | E x’ MEVM’ led by an incurved pierced cross mint mark. The mint at Calais was established shortly after the town was captured by Edward III in 1347 and produced English coinage intermittently in the ensuing decades. The Calais mint reopened in the last year of Henry Vs reign and struck coins in his son, Henry VI’s, name during the early part of his reign when regents ruled in his stead. These years represented the high water mark of English power and territorial spread on the continent, culminating in the younger Henry’s coronation as king of France in 1431 - the only English monarch to have been so crowned. This coin represents the pinnacle of a troubled reign which would see military disasters in France and civil disorder at home, fuelled by the mental instability that left Henry unfit to rule. Composition: .925 sterling silver. Weight: 3.76 grams. Diameter: 26.1 millimetres. Grade: VF - A rich dark tone with a minor ragged edge, reverse legend struck flat in one quarter: otherwise approaching Very Fine. References: S 1836.
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Obverse

Facing crowned bust of King Henry VI within treasure of arches with trefoils upon the cusps. Annulets either side of neck. Legend: 'HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC'. Mint mark: incurved pierced cross.

Reverse

Long cross dividing beaded rings. Inner ring: three pellets in each quarter with annulets in two opposite quarters. Middle ring: 'VIL | LA xx | CALI | SIE xx'. Outer ring begins with incurved pieced cross mint mark then 'POSVI ○ | DEVM xx A | DIVTOR | E x' MEVM'.

Specification

Hammered .925 silver coin. Weight: 3.76 grams. Diameter: 26.10 millimetres.

Grade

VF - A rich dark tone with a minor ragged edge, reverse legend struck flat in one quarter: otherwise approaching Very Fine. 

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