Henry IV (1399-1413) Noble

Wt.7.69g. (118.6 gr.). First or Heavy Coinage (1399-1412). Type Ic, LONDON. no i.m., King in ship holding sword upright, HENRIC DEI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC D HIB AQ, crescent on rudder, arms of France modern [early style, one above two], in first quarter with lis arranged one above two [larger lis over smaller lis], quatrefoil on sail, saltire stops, rev. IHC AVTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIV ILLORVM IBAT, floriated cross, H in centre, saltire stops, Blunt, BNJ XXIV, pp. 25-6, and BNJ 1967, p. 109. type Ib, cf no. 1 (no initial mark) this example not listed; same obv. die as Archibald, NC 1967, pl. ix,2 [Fishpool Hoard]; Thompson, BNJ 1970, p. 92, arms (b); Sch.196; N.1337; S.1706, extremely rare,
Purchased Baldwin 2017, ex. The Norweb Collection Part 1, Spink Auction 45, 13 June 1985, lot 158, Dr E. C. Carter Collection; bt. Baldwin June 1955.
a bold VF

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Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461) Noble

Wt. 6.96g., Annulet issue, York mint, i.m. -/lis, lis above sterncastle, annulet by sword arm, lis after HENRIC, rev. annulet in first spandrel of second quarter, mullet after IHC, annulet stops, ILLORV, SCBI 61 [addition to SCBI 47]; 302A; N.1416; S.1804, a pleasing example,
Ex. J D Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854 (877), J B Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873 (426), W Brice, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu 1887, H Montagu, Sotheby, 11 May 1896 (511), R Manley Foster, Sotheby, 3 November 1903 (29), Spink Numismatic Circular, December 1972 (11550) and Spink Auction 168, 15 April 2004 (142.) and Rasmussen FPL 27 #C8.
EF

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Henry VI, First Reign (1422-1461) Noble

Wt.6.89g., Rosette-mascle issue. LONDON, i.m. lis on reverse only, lis by sword arm, rosette stops, rev. lis in second quarter, rosette stops, mascle after PER, Whitton 16c; Sch.305 (same obv. die); N.1439; S.1817
Ex. Ian Ure Collection, Rasmussen FPL No. 2 Spring 2002, #88
a bold VF

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Mary (1553-1554) Angel

Wt.5.14g., class 1, i.m. pomegranate, St Michael standing slaying the dragon, MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI, rev. ship with decorated castles bearing shield and cross, M and rose at sides, on a sea of small neat waves, ADNO FACTV EST ISTVD Z EST MIRABI, wire line inner circles, annulet stops, cf. Schneider 710; N.1958; S.2490,, a remarkable example, practically flawless apart from a tiny scratch by St Michael's wing and on the D of ISTVD, a fully round and lustrous piece, extremely rare in this state of preservation
Ex. Rasmussen FPL 27 #C50, Spink Auction 168, 154 April 2004 (231)
good EF

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James I (1603-1625) Rose Ryal

Wt. 13.75g., second coinage, i.m. rose, king enthroned holding orb and sceptre, portcullis at feet, IACOBVS D G MAG BRIT/FRAN ET HIBER REX, rev. A DNO FACTVM EST ISTVD ET MIRAB IN OCVLIS NRIS, square topped shield on Tudor rose, SCBI 57 (Schneider) 6; N.2079; S.2613, a very pleasing and fully round example, difficult to obtain this nice,
practically EF

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