Tudor Coins – Henry VII Half Groat – 1502-1504

Description

Heading: Tudor Coins – Henry VII half groat from 1502-1504

Denomination: Silver half-groat

Period: Tudor

Date: 1502-1504

Origin: York mint under Archbishop Bainbridge

Condition: Fine

Obverse: Profile bust. right. ‘martlet’ mintmark. HENRIC VII DI GRA REX ANG Z

Reverse: Long cross over arms with keys below. POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV

Size and Weight: 20mm. 1.18g

References: S2262

Features and Provenance: 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.

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