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1 Noble - Henry V class D
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1413-1422 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A large floriated cross with a crowned letter H at the centre, dividing the field into four quarters, each containing a crowned heraldic lion passant guardant. The entire composition is enclosed within a polylobe or cusped inner circle, with trefoils decorating the spandrels between the lobes and the outer border. The overall arrangement follows the standard noble reverse design established under Edward III and continued through the Lancastrian reigns, with fine Gothic detail throughout. The surrounding legend in uncial Latin carries the standard Lancastrian scriptural quotation from Luke 4:30. |
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| Reverse lettering | IhC: AVTEm: TRAnSIEnS: PER: mEDIV` x ILLORV: IBAT (Translation: But Jesus passing through their midst went His way) |
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Henry V's nobles were struck against the backdrop of the Agincourt campaign and the subsequent Treaty of Troyes, which made him heir to the French throne. The class D attribution within his noble series reflects die-study classifications established by twentieth-century scholarship rather than any administrative division at the Tower mint itself.
North 1372 places this comfortably within a well-documented sequence, though die-matching across Henry V nobles remains an active area of research. The treaty of 1420 fundamentally altered English monetary ambitions on the continent, driving demand for high-value gold coinage in cross-Channel commerce.