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1/2 Groat - Henry VII
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1496-1505 |
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| Weight | 0.86 g |
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| Obverse description | Frontal facing crowned bust of Henry VII within a beaded inner circle, the arched crown rendered in profile with visible arches. The effigy is enclosed within a tressure of alternating trefoils and fleurs-de-lis at the cusps, a characteristic Gothic decorative border of the period. The Latin legend surrounds the tressure, with the king's title abbreviated in the medieval Irish hammered coinage style. The portrait displays the typical schematic, non-portrait rendering common to late fifteenth-century Irish issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | hENRIC + D GRACIA REX AnGL FRA (Translation: Henry, by the Grace of God, King of England France) |
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| Mint | Dublin Mint |
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