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Henry VII 1820-1833 AD
Henry Tudor, who reigned as King Henry VII between 1485 and 1509, had a rather tenuous claim on the throne, being the Lancastrian claimant via an illegitimate descendant of Edward III when all the more senior candidates had been killed off in the Wars of the Roses . He brought the wars to a conclusion by marrying Elizabeth of York, the daughter of Edward IV. A ruthless man, he subsequently arranged for most of his rival claimants to the throne to be executed on various pretexts. The whole style of Henry's coinage marked a break with what had gone before - the king's bust becomes much more lifelike, and the shields on the reverse become much more detailed. Henry's first coinage is very like that of Henry V and VI , minted at London, Canterbury, Durham and York the inscription is one of a variety of HENRIC DI GRA REX ANG. Soon, however, Henry introduced what is known as the Sovereign coinage, so-called because the king is depicted seated on a throne, while the reverse shows the royal shield over a cross. This issue is regarded as marking the division between the coins of the Middle Ages and of the Renaissance in England. The Sovereign coinage was minted at London, Durham, and York, and inscribed with one of a variety of HENRICUS DI GRA REX ANG.
* Henry VII (1485-1509), Penny, 0.51g., 'Sovereign' type, York mint, Archbishop Rotherham, seated figure of king, one pillars to throne, rev., long cross with shield, keys below shield, trefoil stops, CIVITAS EBORACI,
Henry Tudor, who reigned as King Henry VII between 1485 and 1509, had a rather tenuous claim on the throne, being the Lancastrian claimant via an illegitimate descendant of Edward III when all the more senior candidates had been killed off in the Wars of the Roses . He brought the wars to a conclusion by marrying Elizabeth of York, the daughter of Edward IV. A ruthless man, he subsequently arranged for most of his rival claimants to the throne to be executed on various pretexts. The whole style of Henry's coinage marked a break with what had gone before - the king's bust becomes much more lifelike, and the shields on the reverse become much more detailed. Henry's first coinage is very like that of Henry V and VI , minted at London, Canterbury, Durham and York the inscription is one of a variety of HENRIC DI GRA REX ANG. Soon, however, Henry introduced what is known as the Sovereign coinage, so-called because the king is depicted seated on a throne, while the reverse shows the royal shield over a cross. This issue is regarded as marking the division between the coins of the Middle Ages and of the Renaissance in England. The Sovereign coinage was minted at London, Durham, and York, and inscribed with one of a variety of HENRICUS DI GRA REX ANG.
* Henry VII (1485-1509), Penny, 0.51g., 'Sovereign' type, York mint, Archbishop Rotherham, seated figure of king, one pillars to throne, rev., long cross with shield, keys below shield, trefoil stops, CIVITAS EBORACI,
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