Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-53E0EA
Object type certainty: Certain
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A groat of Henry VI (AD 1422-1461) minted in London - Trefoil issue (1438-43), Class C (Type A). North 1496. Split through middle of coin.
Obverse: Crowned bust with leaf on breast and trefoils by neck. Legend reads: [HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS HYB].
Reverse: Long cross with pellets in each quadrant. Legend reads: outer circle - POSVI-DEVM A-DIV[TOREM MEVM]. Inner circle - CIVI/TASLON/DON
Notes:
Finder ref: no.24
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1438
Date to: Circa AD 1443
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.93 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 26.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2019 - Sunday 30th June 2019
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Groat
Ruler/issuer: Henry IV - Henry VI (first reign)
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Groat or halfgroat of Henry IV, V or VI not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust with leaf on breast and trefoils by neck
Obverse inscription: [HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS HYB].
Reverse description: Long cross with pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: outer circle - POSVI-DEVM A-DIV[TOREM MEVM]. Inner circle - CIVI/TASLON/DON
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2017 | Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 53rd edition, 2018 | London | Spink & Son Ltd | 210 | 1910 |