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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-C782C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of Henry II, Clement at Winchester, class 1a-b, 1180-85.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1180
Date to: Exactly AD 1185
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.52 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th August 2012 - Sunday 26th August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Mint or issue place: Winchester
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 1ab (class 1a*) (N 962/1)
Obverse description: facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX
Reverse description: voided short cross and crosslets
Reverse inscription: MENT ON
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Long Itchington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4065
Four figure Latitude: 52.281695
Four figure longitude: -1.415087
1:25K map: SP4065
1:10K map: SP46NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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