Henry VI Noble, Annulet Issue, Calais mint, ex Pulham Hoard sold 1985, lot 85

Henry VI, first reign (1422-61), gold Noble of six shillings and eight pence, Calais Mint, Annulet Issue (c.1422-30), King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, flag at stern, annulet by sword arm, lis after King's name, small trefoils stops in abbreviated Latin legend h EnRIC+ DI:. GRA':. REX:. AnGL':. Z:. FRAnC':. DnS:. hyB', rev. h at centre, ornate cross with lis terminals, crown over lion in angles, all within beaded and linear tressure of eight arcs, annulet in upper right spandrel, large fleurs in other spandrels, initial mark fleur de lis, annulet stops in abbreviated Latin legend +Ih'C*AVT'o TRAnSIEnSo PERo mEDIVmo ILLORV'o IBAT, weight 6.91g (Schneider 299; N.1415; S.1803). Toned, one light crease and a couple of small scrapes on reverse surface, with a good portrait of King, good very fine.