Description
Heading: Tudor coins – Henry VII penny of sovereign type issued 1485-1509
Denomination: Silver sovereign type penny
Period: Tudor
Date: 1485-1509
Origin: Durham mint under Archbishop Sherwood
Condition: AVF
Obverse: Henry seated on throne. facing. holding orb and sceptre. legend around hENRIC DI GRA REX A
Reverse: Long cross over quartered shield of arms. D to left and S to right (Sherwood’s initials). crozier above shield. legend around CIVI TAS DVR[ HAM] (or similar)
Size and Weight: 16mm. 0.71g
References: S2231. North 1730
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
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