Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1770577, member: 19463&quot;]Obverse: HENRICs VIII D G R AGL Z FRA</p><p>Henry 8 by grace of God King of England &amp; France</p><p>The high S (looking like a 9) ending Henricus shows it is a contracted form.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTO(R)E MEV</p><p>I have made God my helper</p><p>Letters get left out.&nbsp; Yours seems to be short the R.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are some interesting consistencies of style like C&#039;s and E&#039;s being closed on the right.&nbsp; h and n are what we would consider lower case.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I find it interesting that the half groat replaces the reverse legend here with a mint city name.&nbsp; Mine is CIVITAS CANTOR (City of Canterbury) and has the initials of the then current Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]281538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in