DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Groat, Half-groat, Penny, Halfpenny, and
Farthing. _Gold._ Noble, Half-noble, and Quarter-noble.
OBVERSE.--_Type._ All his coins like his predecessor’s; (the head
within the circle of arches on the Groat and Half-groat;) and are only
to be distinguished from those of his successors Henry V. and VI. by
weight. The Groat weighs seventy-two grains, the others of course of
proportionate weights.
_Legend._ HENRIC. or HENRICVS.--D. G. or DI. GRA.--REX. ANGL. or
ANGLIE.--Z. FRAN. or FRANC.--D. or DNS. HI. HIB. or HYB.--Z. AQ. or
AQE., etc.
REVERSE.--_Type._ As his predecessor’s; the pellets in two of the
quarters are joined together by an annulet.
_Legend._ Groat and Half-groat; POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM MEV or MEVM in
outer circle, and name of town, as CIVITAS LONDON, in inner one.
Pennies, etc., names of towns, as CIVITAS EBORACI, etc.
_Rarity._ Not uncommon; Groat rarest.
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_Gold._ Noble, Half-noble, and Quarter-noble, same as Richard II., with
only alteration of name. All rare; first coinage particularly so.
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