Code: 13062
This is a metal detector find of a medieval silver groat (four pence) of King Henry VI, minted in Calais. The style doesn't match, and the weight suggests it's a contemporary forgery. Such coins were minted in France to undermine the English war effort during the later stages of the Hundred Years War. It is an interesting coin offered to collectors as a study piece.
Obverse: Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches, lis at cusps, mintmark at 12 o'clock + hEnRIC’xDI’xGRA’xREXxAnGL’xZxFRAnC "Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and France"
Reverse: Long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in quarters, mintmark before legend. + POSVI DEVm : A DIVTORE’ mEVm, "I have made God my helper," inner script VIL LA CALI SIE "Town of Calais"
DENOMINATION: Groat (4 pence) (not official)
CULTURE: Medieval England/France (Hundred Years War)
MONARCH: Henry VI
DATE: 1422 - 1461 AD, this issue minted between 1432 - 1436 AD
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 24mm diameter
WEIGHT: 1.83 grams
ATTRIBUTION: Spink 1899
PROVENANCE: Formerly a metal detector find in Torquay, United Kingdom
