Description
Henry VI (1422-1461), First reign. Gold Noble, annulet issue. Calais mint; mm: lis. Struck 1422-1427. Һ ЄnRIC’ (fleur) DI’ · GRΛ’ · RЄX · ΛnGL’ · Z · FRΛnC’ · DnS · ҺУB’ (trefoil stops), Henry standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; annulet to left of hand; ornaments: -1-1-; quatrefoils: 3/3 / (lis) IҺ’C (mullet) ΛVT’ · TRΛnSIЄnS · PЄR · mЄDIVm · ILLORV’ · IBΛT (annulet stops), cross fleurée over voided short cross potent; at center, Һ within quatrefoil; in each angle, crown above lion passant; all within double polylobe, with annulet in one spandrel and trefoil (type 1) in all others, 6.90g. (Whitton, Heavy 7a; Schneider 299 var. (ornaments); North 1415; SCBC 1803).
Extremely fine, shallow short scrape at edge of obverse. Well struck from fresh dies.
Ex Hampton Collection (Spink 82, 27 March 1991), lot 57
Ex Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection; Baldwin’s 17 (5 May 1998), lot 409
Ex Arthur M. Fitts III Collection, CNG Inventory 761411 (November 2005)
