Watch List notes:

LANCASTER. Henry VI. First reign, 1422-1461. AV Noble (34mm, 6.96 g, 1h). Annulet issue. Tower (London) mint. Struck 1422-circa 1430. h ЄnRIC' (lis) DI'· GRΛ'· RЄX · ΛnGL'· 7 · FRΛnC'· DnS · hУB' (trefoil stops), Henry standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield; annulet to left of hand; ornaments: 1-1-1; quatrefoils: 3/3; F type 1 and n type 2 / (lis) Ih'C (cinquefoil) ΛVT'· TRΛnSIЄnS · PЄR · mЄDIVm · ILLORV'· IBΛT (annulet stops), voided short cross potent over cross fleurée; in each angle, crown over lion passant over trefoil; at center, Һ within angled quadrilobe; all within polylobe, with annulet and trefoils in spandrels; n type 1 and P type 1. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe C24 (Edward III); Whitton, Heavy 3b; Schneider 274 var. (rev. letter forms); North 1414; SCBC 1799. Underlying luster, a couple of scrapes. Good VF.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) XV (18 May 1989), lot 214.