Henry IV Silver Halfgroat
Light Coinage
Type III
1.57g 20.3mm
Spink – 1730
North – 1361 Extremely Rare
Obverse:
HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z F. Facing bust with pellets by crown.
Reverse:
POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEV, CIVITAS LONDON. Long cross pattée dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse slightly double struck and a few light marks otherwise about very fine and extremely rare.
Found near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, March 2023.
Greenhalgh notes only 23 other known examples, this coin now being the 7th example of obverse die 2 and reverse 6, also seemingly better than the plate coins published.
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Specific References
Henry IV Silver Halfgroat
Light Coinage
Type III
1.57g 20.3mm
Spink – 1730
North – 1361 Extremely Rare
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