Henry VI Silver Groat Leaf-trefoil A
Henry VI Silver Groat
Leaf-trefoil
Leaf on breast
London
3.87g 26.5mm
Spink - 1897
North - 1484
Obverse:
HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC. Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches, leaf on breast, trefoil after REX.
Reverse:
POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM, CIVITAS LONDON. Long cross pattée dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle. Trefoil after DON.
Good very fine, toned and very rare. Whitton 22a.
Ex R. Renshaw Collection
Ex I. Buck Collection, Spink Auction, 30 Nov 2005 - Lot 213
Ex Reigate Hoard, Glendining Auction, 8 Dec 1992 - Lot 328 (part)
The Reigate hoard was found on 31 October 1972 in Wray Lane, Reigate, Surrey. It contained 136 gold and 6,567 silver coins, the earliest coins were groats and half-groats of Edward Ill's Pre-Treaty Coinage, series C, struck from 1351 and the latest, a group of Leaf-Pellet groats of Henry VI. It is estimated that the deposition date was around c.1454-5.
Data sheet
- Metal
- Silver
Specific References