Henry VI Silver Groat Trefoil A
Henry VI Silver Groat
Trefoil A
London
3.73g 26.9mm
Spink - 1908
North - 1496
Obverse:
HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRAN. Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches, trefoils by neck.
Reverse:
POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM, CIVITAS LONDON. Long cross pattée dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle. Trefoil after LON.
Very fine, toned and rare. Obverse of Whitton 34* (corrigenda) and reverse leaf trefoil 26H. In the Brady sale, this coin was catalogued as a trefoil class B/A mule.
Ex R. Renshaw Collection
Ex F. Brady Collection, Spink Auction, 6 Oct 2011 - Lot 118 [bt Baldwin 1995]
Ex F.A. Walters Collection, Sotheby Auction, 24 Oct 1932 - Lot 296 (Part)
For further reading see:
C. A. Whitton, (1942-44) ‘The heavy coinage of Henry VI’ (aggenda and corrigenda to B.N.J. Vol. XXIII) BNJ vol. 24, pg. 118.
C. A. Whitton, (1938-41) '‘The heavy coinage of Henry VI’ Part II. The Rosette Mascle to Trefoil Issues', BNJ vol. 23, pg. 237.
Data sheet
- Metal
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