COIN

Unique ID: NARC-6573B9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

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Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1422
Date to: Circa AD 1427

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 25th September 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

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: Square shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a double stranded foil of 8 arches. Lis above the shield. All within an inner circle.
Obverse inscription: hEnRIC DI GRA REX AnGL (lis stop after hEnRIC, trefoil stops thereafter)
Reverse description: Floriated cross with a lis at each limb end, a trefoil and a lion passant, guardant in each angle of the cross, within a double-stranded foil of 8 arches. Lis within central lozenge. All within an inner circle.
Reverse inscription: EXALTABITVR (mullet) In (annulet) GLORIA
Initial mark: Lis (large)
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine