A Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI (1422-1461 AD), minted at Calais. Annulet issue, 1422-1427. Initial mark: cross II (North 1991: 74, ref: 1429).
\nObverse: hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z F (saltire stops); Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches (annulets by neck).
\nReverse: Outer: POSVI\/DEVM A\/DIVTOR\/E MEVM (I have made God my Helper)\/Inner: VIL\/LA\/CAL\/IS. Long cross dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant. An annulet in VIL and CAL quadrants. Saltire stops.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"IOW-DDC571","id":"483556","objecttype":"COIN","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-23 22:16:55","broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","updated":"2012-01-24 12:05:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4F1DDC570012DC","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2012-01-22","datefound2":null,"createdBy":"99","curr_loc":"Finder","inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"483556","old_findID":"IOW-DDC571","uniqueID":"PAS4F1DDC570012DC","objecttype":"COIN","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":null,"height":null,"width":null,"thickness":null,"diameter":"21.13","quantity":"1","other_ref":"IOW2012-1-69","treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1422","numdate2":"1427","description":"
A Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI (1422-1461 AD), minted at Calais. Annulet issue, 1422-1427. Initial mark: cross II (North 1991: 74, ref: 1429).
\nObverse: hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z F (saltire stops); Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches (annulets by neck).
\nReverse: Outer: POSVI\/DEVM A\/DIVTOR\/E MEVM (I have made God my Helper)\/Inner: VIL\/LA\/CAL\/IS. Long cross dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant. An annulet in VIL and CAL quadrants. Saltire stops.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-23 22:16:55","updated":"2012-01-24 12:05:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2012-01-22","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":"Club rally","museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"4","dateToCertainty":"4","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"3","subPeriodTo":"3","reason":null,"username":"fbasford","fullname":"Frank Basford","institution":"IOW","usernameUpdate":"fbasford","fullnameUpdate":"Frank Basford","primaryMaterial":"Silver","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Struck or hammered","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Complete","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"MEDIEVAL","periodTo":"MEDIEVAL","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Mr Frank Basford","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Mr Frank Basford","county":"ISLE OF WIGHT","parish":null,"district":"ISLE OF WIGHT","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":null,"map25k":"SZ4310","map10k":"SZ41SW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":"Isle of Wight","source":"GPS","obverse_description":"Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches (annulets by neck)","obverse_inscription":"hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z F (saltire stops)","reverse_description":"Long cross dividing the inscriptions with three pellets in each quadrant. An annulet in two quadrants. Saltire stops","reverse_inscription":"Outer: POSVI\/DEVM A\/DIVTOR\/E MEVM (I have made God my Helper)\/Inner: VIL\/LA\/CAL\/IS","denomination":"Half groat","degree_of_wear":"2","allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":"8","wearID":"2","moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":"16","typeID":"2046","tribeID":null,"status":"Regular","rulerQualifier":"1","denominationQualifier":"1","mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":"1","initialMark":"Cross II","reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":"1","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":"Henry VI of England (first reign)","ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":"Calais","wear":"Worn: fine","die_axis_name":"8 o'clock","category":"English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489","type":"Halfgroat: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1428 - 1430)","emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"365961","f":"IOW2012-1-69.JPG","imagedir":"images\/fbasford\/"}]}