Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-6E8682
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval Irish coin; cut half penny of Henry III (1216 - 1272) struck at the Dublin mint under the name of Richard between 1251 and 1254 AD. See Spink (2003) Standard Catalogue Of British Coins, Volume II, number 6236 - 6243.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1251
Date to: Circa AD 1254
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.07 mm
Width: 8.6 mm
Thickness: 1.15 mm
Weight: 0.66 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2012
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Other reference: PAS form number 1774
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Dublin
Type: Irish: cut halfpenny of Henry III (S 6243A)
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned bust holding sceptre framed by a triangle
Obverse inscription: HE[NRICVS R]EX - III
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: [RICARD]ON DIVE
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE9132
Four figure Latitude: 53.776392
Four figure longitude: -0.620608
1:25K map: SE9132
1:10K map: SE93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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