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HENRY VI HAMMERED GOLD NOBLE, ANNULET ISSUE

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Code: 10665



Henry VI, First Reign Gold Noble of six shillings and eight pence
Annulet issue, (C.1422-30). London Mint, Mint mark Fleur de lis
Obverse: King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, flag at stern, annulet by sword arm, lis after King's name, small trefoils stops in legend, with beaded inner and outer circle and Latin legend surrounding: h EnRIC⚜ DI:. GRA':. REX:. AnGL':. Z:. FRAnC':. DnS:. hyB' 
Reverse: 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, annulet stops within the Latin legend surrounding:
⚜ +Ih'C*AVT'o TRAnSIEnSo PERo mEDIVmo ILLORV'o IBAT 
S.1799. 
6.87 grams, 33 mm in diameter.
Good extremely fine or better, with minimal weakness, showing a superb portrait, with a deep golden lustrous tone.