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Unique ID: BUC-2A5B88
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Medieval gold quarter noble of Henry VI first reign (1422-1461), Annulet issue, AD 1422-1427, minted at London, North 1420.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1422
Date to: Exactly AD 1427
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.72 g
Diameter: 19.21 mm
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Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter noble
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Gold quarter-noble: Henry VI, First reign, Annulet (N 1420 - 1422)
Obverse description: Shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a tressure of eight arches. Lis above shield, trefoils on points of arched and annulet in one spandrel.
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC' DI' GRA' REX' AnGL; stops: lis after henric, others trefoils
Reverse description: Floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb; in each angle a lion passant guardant; all within a tressure of eight arches. [Lis at centre of cross]
Reverse inscription: EXALTABVR In GLORIA; stops: mullet and annulet
Initial mark: Large lis
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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