Record ID: HESH-7E56ED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold noble of Henry VI - annulet issue struck c, AD 1422 -27 at the mint probably in Calais. Initial Mark - probably Lis North: 1415, Obverse, King facing in armour holding sword and shield, standing on ship, flag at stern, shield quartered with the arms of England and France. Annulet by sword-arm hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS HYB Reverse, Floriate cross with lis at terminal of each arm and an ornamented compartment in the centre containing the letter 'h'. Lion passant in each angle with a crown above each, all within a tressure of eight arches. [IHC…
Created on: Monday 15th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AF623E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Contemporary copy of a gold noble of Henry VI (first reign) dating to AD 1422 to 1427. Annulet issue. London mint. Copying North (1991) no. 1414. The coin has two outer sheets of probably slightly debased gold around a base metal core. The core has now degraded and the outer metal has slightly tarnished, betraying the false metal. Post deposition damage in the form of a tear to one side shows the hollow centre where the core has decayed. There are also a few places around the edge where the foil outers have peeled back from the core although it is not clear if this is post deposition …
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ottery St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2789E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold noble of Henry VI, (1422-1461). Obverse: HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS HYB; King standing facing in a ship, crowned and wearing armour. Holding a sword in right hand and a shield quartered with the arms of England and France in his left hand. Reverse: [IHC] AVTEM TRANSIENS [PER] MEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT; floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb and an ornamented compartment, containing a H, in the centre; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant, with a crown above; all within a tressure of eight arches. Annulet by sword-arm and one in spandrel on reverse. IM: …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ripon', grid reference and parish protected.