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374 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.of the said King, of 22 grains weight, each piece for4 deniers tournois (Fig. 12).FIG. 12.Petit hardi.It will be noticed that the talbot is the same typeas the hardi d'or, and the petit hardi is the same typeas the hardi d'argent, described under Henry IV, theonly difference being in the ornaments on either side ofthe king on the obverse, and the legend on the reverse,of the talbot.be that the coins described underIt mayHenry IV should be attributed, the hardi d'or to HenryVI and the hardis d'argent, or some of them at anyrate, to Henry V, " the father of the said King."The angelis of the same type as the English angelof Henry VII.The author of the manuscriptadds a final note oftriumph. "Inasmuch as, by the grace of God, in themonth of December, about Christmas time, the Englishwere entirely victoriously expelled from the realm ofFrance, and their possessions completely reduced to theobedience of the crown of France, except the town ofCalais alone, there will be no more mention in this workof the ordinances, statutes and edicts of Henry, King ofEngland, his governors and lieutenants, generals andothers, who at that time retreated in their confusion toCalais and England."I have now set out the principal manuscripts dealing