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Henry VI Noble Annulet issue
Henry VI, first reign (1422-61), gold Noble of six shillings and eight pence, Tower Mint, Annulet Issue (c.1422-30), King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, annulet by sword arm, lis after King's name, small trefoils stops in abbreviated Latin legend h EnRIC+ DI:. GRA':. REX:. AnGL':. Z:. FRAnC':. DnS:. hyB' rev h at centre, ornate cross with lis terminals, crown over lion in angles, all within beaded and linear tressure of eight arcs, annulet in upper right spandrel, large fleurs in other spandrels, initial mark fleur de lis, annulet stops in abbreviated Latin legend +Ih'C*AVT'o TRAnSIEnSo PERo mEDIVmo ILLORV'o IBAT weight 6.98g (cf.Schneider 282; N.1414; S.1799). Toned, weakly struck at last word of reverse, and corresponding part of obverse, otherwise with a good portrait of the King, good very fine.
The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Henry by the Grace of God, King of England and France and Lord of Ireland"; and on the reverse "But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, went His way" taken from the Bible.
Provenance:
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mailbid Sale 45, 18th March 1998, lot 2782.
Ex Arthur M Fitts III, CNG, Triton XXI, 9th January 2018, lot 1408.