Description
Henry VI (1422-61), First reign, Noble, annulet issue (1422-30), mintmark lis. King standing in ship, holding upright sword and quartered shield, ships rigging two ropes to left one to right, annulet by wrist, legend surrounds H|ENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL S FRANC DNS HYB. Rev, initial mark lis, floriate cross, h struck at centre, crowns and leopards in angles, reads IHC ΛVT TRΛNSIЄNS PЄR MЄDIVM ILLORV IBΛT, annulet in first spandrel of second quarter, 6.87g (S.1799; N.1414; Schneider 275). Struck on a fully rounded flan, consistently well detailed both sides. Good very fine, at some point rubbed in the legends and devices.
