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1/2 Groat - Henry IV Light coinage
| Issuer | English Crown |
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| Year | 1412-1413 |
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| Value | 2 Pence (1⁄120) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned facing bust of King Henry IV depicted in the Gothic style characteristic of late medieval English hammered coinage, set within an inner beaded circle. The king wears a trefoil-ornamented crown and is shown with stylised facial features typical of the light coinage portrait. Pellets or annulets appear as stops within the legend. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads the royal titles and is contained between two beaded borders on the irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | +hEnRICxDIxGRAxREXxAnGLxZxF (Translation: Henry by the Grace of God King of England and France) |
| Reverse description | A plain long cross pattee extends to the edge of the coin, dividing the field into four quadrants, each containing three pellets arranged in a triangular pattern within a beaded inner circle. This standard English hammered halfgroat reverse design is encircled by a two-line Latin legend naming the mint city of London, with words divided by crosses and pellet stops. The legend is set between inner and outer beaded borders on the irregularly shaped flan, consistent with hand-hammered production of the period. |
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