Henry VI 'Calais Mint' Annulet Issue Groat
Silver, 3.72 grams, 26.06 mm. Annulet Issue; 1422-1430 AD. Obverse: crowned facing bust in tressure of arcs with annulet to each side of neck and legend +HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC with 'Pierced Cross' initial mark. Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each quadrant plus annulet in first and third quadrants dividing outer and inner legends +POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM with same initial mark and VILLA CALISIE for the mint at Calais. S. 1836; N. 1424. Extremely fine and better, virtually as struck on a broad flan and attractive.