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TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (26mm, 3.01 g, 7h). Tentative profile issue. Tower (London) mint; im: cross-crosslet. Struck 1504-1505. Crowned and draped bust right; two bands in crown / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 438; North 1743; SCBC 2254. Toned. VF. Well struck portrait. Rare.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Davissons, 1986.
'Henry VII's reign (1485-1509) was to see the introduction of some of the features of modern coinage.... The major change in the silver was the introduction in 1504 of a profile portrait bust in the Italian style, used both on the groat and on a new, heavy coin, the testoon.' Grierson, pp. 200-201.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Davissons, 1986.
'Henry VII's reign (1485-1509) was to see the introduction of some of the features of modern coinage.... The major change in the silver was the introduction in 1504 of a profile portrait bust in the Italian style, used both on the groat and on a new, heavy coin, the testoon.' Grierson, pp. 200-201.