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Rare Light Coinage Gold Noble of King Henry IV
Henry IV (1399-1413), gold Noble of six shillings and eight pence. Light coinage (1412-13), type V, ar-
mored King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, trefoil on second line of hull, Latin
legend and beaded borders surrounding, annulet before and double saltire stops in legend, hEn RIC’x
Dixx GRaxx RExxx AnGL’x Zx FRAC’x DnSxx hIB’x Z A Q, Rev.h at center of ornate cross with lis
terminals, crown over lion in each angle, slipped trefoil by lion’s head in first quarter, all within a tressure
of eight arcs, fleurs in spandrels, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, initial mark cross pattee
IhCxx AVTemxx TRanSIenSxx PErxx mEDIvmxx ILLORvxx IBAT, weight 6.90g (Schneider 208/206;
N.1355; S.1715; Fr.106). Quite double struck on reverse, better struck than usual on obverse with a decent
portrait of the King with most of the face visible, full weight, lightly toned, in PCGS holder graded AU
55,
very rare as such.
$11,500
Ex: Spink Coin Auction 81, 19th November 1990, lot 9. Privately transacted by Spink and Son, April 1995.
Ex Spink Coin Auction 1012, 2nd December 2010, lot 883.
PCGS certification 34312655. The lighter weight gold Noble was the later issue of the reign of Henry IV which seems to be
extant from Easter of 1412, when reduced to 108 grains (6.998g) from the 120 grain (7.776g) earlier standard.