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Unique ID: WAW-03CDB7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1248
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 17.59 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th September 2008
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Other reference: Finders Ref: Hammered C3
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 1b (N 984)
Obverse description: Bust facing forwards, no sceptre.
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX
Reverse description: Long voided cross with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: LIE / TER / CI: / LON
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO8559
Four figure Latitude: 52.22899257
Four figure longitude: -2.221033
1:25K map: SO8559
1:10K map: SO85NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | No. 984 |