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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-901B77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval cut shortcross halfpenny of Henry III (1216 - 1272), dating to AD 1222 - 1236. Class 7b not further defined. Unknown moneyer, mint of Canterbury.
North Volume 1 (1994) p 223 no 979
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1222
Date to: Circa AD 1236
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 7b (N 979)
Obverse description: facing crowned bust, cresents of hair visible
Obverse inscription: [hEN]RICV[S REX]
Reverse description: Voided short cross with quartrefoil in quarters
Reverse inscription: [O]N CANT
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rutland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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