Description

The House of Lancaster, 1399-1461.

King Henry VI, First Reign, 1422-61.

Groat, 1431-32/3, Pinecone-mascle issue, with pinecones and muscles in legend.

Obverse: Crowned facing portrait.

Legend: HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC (Henry by the Grace of God King of England and France)

Reverse: Long cross fourchée dividing legend in two concentric circles, pellets in angles.

Legend: POSVI DEVM A DIVTOR EM MEVM - CIVI TAS LON DON (I have made God my helper - City of London.)

Catalogue: Spink# 1874

Silver, 3.69g, 26mm.

Grade: gFine, slight bend, minor clipping, sharply struck.