The latest addition to my English side collection is a Groat of Henry VI. Henry VI (1422 - 1461 A.D.) AR Groat O: +HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC / Crowned bust facing, with annulet on each side of neck. R: +POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM VILLA CALISIE / Long cross with three pellets in each angle, annulet in two quarters and after POSVI. Annulet issue. Calais mint; im: pierced cross 2. Struck 1422-1427. 3.72g 27mm North 1424; SCBC 1836
Cool, I think I might pay $90 for it, but I'd never buy it, or much of anything else, without seeing it in the hand coincident with the sale. Yes, that means I almost never buy ANYTHING numismatic OTHER THAN in person. Too many bad experiences to make remote business ever worth it for me. There ARE exceptions, but two things - 1) there aren't very many, but 2) most of them that there are are other CT members.
I don't collect ancients yet, but that 1 looks familiar to me. I have not seen 1 with a portrait that nice before.
@alde Love the toning on your Henry VI. I would like a Profile Henry VII Groat as well. I have this though. Henry VII (1485 - 1509 A.D.) AR Groat O: hENRIC DI GRA REX AGL Z FRA, Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches; crown of two arches, outer jeweled (crown 4). ROSVI DEV ADIVTOR MEV CIVITAS LONDON, Long cross; trefoils in quarters, cross end 8, saltire stops, ‘coded’ stops 20/10. London mint; mm:anchor (upright). Struck 1499-1502. Class IIIc 25mm 3.03g Cf. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 363; North 1705c; SCBC 2199.
Hi, Mat. Some detail here, but better do your own research.- A Groat is an English silver coin, and a 1972 British Dictionary says it's worth fourpence.- King Henry VI was proclaimed King of both England and France. He became temporarily insane, resulting in two parties rivalling for power. This led to civil war, "The War of the Roses". After King Henry died, suspected of having been murdered, Edward IV was re-crowned the morning after Henry's death. (Years and dates omitted here).
