Record ID: SF-2AA337 - MEDIEVAL coin

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Unique ID: SF-2AA337

Object type certainty: Certain

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A silver voided long-cross penny of Henry III, class 3c, c.1248-1250 AD. As Wren, 1993: p. 53.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1248
Date to: Circa AD 1250

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 1.28 g
Diameter: 18.51 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Canterbury [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Long cross class 3c (N 988) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle; two hair curls with pellets, round eyes, rounded face with pelleted beard, neck formed of short strokes. No sceptre.
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX:III (ligated NR)
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: NIC/OLE/ONC/ANT (ligated NC)
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]

Coin references

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Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: St Edmundsbury
To be known as: Lidgate

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Andrew Brown - [view all attributed records]

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