Description
Heading: Henry VII silver groat 1505-1509
Denomination:Silver groat (regular type)
Period: Tudor
Date: 1505-1509
Origin: London mint
Condition: VF, edge chip
Obverse: Profile bust, right, Pheon mintmark, HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGL Z F saltire stops
Reverse: Long cross over arms, POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV double saltire stops
Size and Weight: 27mm, 2.93g
References: Spink 2258, North 1747
Features and Provenance: Ex DNW auction
At the age of fourteen. fearing for his life. Henry left his Welsh home for Burgundy. France. By the age of 26 his claim to the throne was dwindling but he was still the senior Lancastrian male and gathered troops to claim his right by force. He met Richard III at Bosworth Field in Leicestershire. England on 22 August 1485. During the battle Richard was killed. effectively ending the ‘War of the Roses’. Henry declared himself king by ‘right of conquest’ and shrewdly recorded this from the day before the battle. thereby making anybody who fought against him guilty of treason. This allowed him to confiscate Richard’s lands and restore his own. He was crowned in October. He died at the age of 52.
Henry was the first to introduce a lifelike profile bust to his groat and half Groat coinage, a very innovative step.
Condition Summary. This varies with the age of coin and there are grades between
Uncirculated (U). As struck with no traces of wear
Extremely Fine (EF). Very slight traces of wear, all parts of legend etc present, visible and clear
Very Fine (VF). Some signs of wear on the higher parts of the relief, all parts of legend etc present, but maybe worn
Fine (F). Wear on the coin and parts of legend etc may be missing or not visible
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