Henry IV (1399-1413), Groat, Light Coinage, Tower, type III/II mule, 3.20g, 8h, m.m. cross pattée (both sides), reads anglie z franc, slipped trefoil thereafter, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, trefoil on breast, all in double-tressure of 9 arches, rev. slipped trefoil after posvi, double saltire stops (Potter III-2/Il-3; BNJ XXX, pl. VIII, 9 same dies; N.1363b; S.1728/1727), on a full flan, weakly struck at centre, otherwise good for issue, and very rare.
provenance
Ivan Buck, Spink 176, 30 November 2005, lot 95 - £820
Glendining, 8 December 1992, lot 168 - £270 [via S Mitchell, May 1996, £350]
Reigate Hoard, 1990
Estimate: £200 - £300