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Edward IV Halfgroat, Canterbury Mint, time of Archbishop Bourchier mm rose
Edward IV, second reign (1471-83), silver Half-Groat of Twopence, Canterbury Mint, under Archbishop Bourchier, facing crowned bust within double tressure of nine arcs, trefoil on each cusp, C on breast, beaded circles and legend surrounding, initial mark rose, *EDWARD DI GRA' REX AnGL' Z FRA, rev. long cross pattée, tri-pellets in each inner angle, beaded circles and double concentric legends surrounding, CIVI TAS CAn TOR inner legend, +POS VI DEVmxx A DIVTOR Exx mEVm, weight 1.33g (N.1637; S.2106). Attractively toned, a couple of nicks on cheek, otherwise with a great portrait and clear design elements, struck a little short of flan, good very fine.
The Latin abbreviated legend translates as "Edward, by the grace of God, King of England and France," and on the reverse "I have made God my helper," a Psalm from the Bible along with "City of Canterbury" on the inner circle.
Provenance:
Ex E. J. Winstanley Collection, this coin later bought from A. H. Baldwin November 1999.
Ex Lord Stewartby Collection, part IV, Spink Coin Auction, 29th November 2016, lot 1435 part.
Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, Surrey, List number 31, item number 43.
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Bourchier (b.c.1412-30th March 1482) was an English Cardinal and Lord Chancellor of England. He was instrumental in maintaining the stability of the church during the Wars of the Roses between the houses of York and Lancaster. He was the Great Grandson of Edward III through his maternal side and son of William Bourchier later made Count of Eu in 1419. Thomas Bourchier became Bishop of Worcester from 1435-43 and then Bishop of Ely from 1443-54. Winning acceptance from both the Yorkists and the Lancastrians he was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1454 and Lord Chancellor from 1455-56, arranging a temporary reconciliation between the sides in 1458. After the 1461 defeat of the Lancastrians he became a loyal supporter of Edward IV who made him Cardinal in 1467. Later in 1483 he persuaded the widow of Edward to hand over the boy King Edward V to his Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester but was not implicated into the later disappearance of Edward V in August of 1483.
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