Henry VIII, Groat, mm sunburst to commemorate birth of Edward VI

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CG04717

Henry VIII, Groat, mm sunburst to commemorate birth of Edward VI

Name: Henry VIII, Groat, mm sunburst to commemorate birth of Edward VI
Brand: Sovereign Rarities Live
SKU: CG04717
Price: 650.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Henry VIII (1509-47), silver Groat, Tower Mint, second coinage (1526-44), without Irish title, crowned young bust of King right, crown top breaks beaded circles and legend surrounding, saltire stops, initial mark sunburst (1537) both sides, hEnRIC'x VIII'x D'x G' R'x AGL'x Zx FRAnC', rev. long cross fourchee over quartered shield of arms, saltire in each fork, beaded circles and legend surrounding, POSVI DEV'xx A DIVTOR E'xx mEV, weight 2.72g (Laker bust D; N.1797; S.2337E). Toned, rim a little ragged, a few light surface marks, otherwise a bold very fine and the rarest mint mark.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse, "Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and France." and on the reverse as "I have made God my helper" a Psalm from the Bible.

The mint mark sunburst was seemingly only used for a short time in the year 1537, probably only in the latter half; and the usage is thought to tie in with the highly anticipated birth of the only son of King Henry VII, Prince Edward in October 1537, as theorised by W J W Potter in his 1955 British Numismatic Journal article on the coins of King Henry VIII.

Provenance:

Ex Angel Coins, Oxford, October 2000.