ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry VI. 1422-1453. AV salut d'or. 3.43 gm. 27 mm. Leopard mm. Rouen. Shields of France (left) and England (right) side by side, the Virgin and an angel (Gabriel) behind; pellet stops / Cross within a tressure; mullet stops. S. 8164. Elias 270C. W&F 386F. Near Extremely Fine; fresh surfaces, slight waviness, slight edge splits at 5 and 11 (obv); attractive.

Henry VI saw the onset of the "War of the Roses" and mismanaged the Hundred Years War with France, invigorated by Joan of Arc. The salut d'or, minted in French territory while still under English control, shows medieval religious imagery in the Annunciation on the obverse and cross on the reverse.