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1 Groat - Henry VII facing bust, London
| Issuer | English Crown |
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| Year | 1485-1487 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | POSVI DEVM A DIVTOR E MEVM CIVI TAS LON DON (Translation: I have made God my helper City of London) |
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Henry VII's earliest groats, struck in the first years after Bosworth, used a three-quarter facing bust that had no real precedent in English coinage — a deliberate break from the Yorkist profile portraits that preceded it. The design is attributed to a Flemish influence brought in as the new Tudor regime sought to project a more sophisticated, continental image of kingship. This particular bust type was soon superseded by the more accomplished facing portrait introduced around 1489, making the 1485–1487 issues a transitional and relatively brief emission.