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Unique ID: IOW-5EA2F6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete Medieval silver long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted by Ion at Gloucester. Class 3a-3c, 1248-1250 (North 1994: 226, refs: 986-988).
Obverse: hENRICVS REX III; Crowned bust facing without sceptre
Reverse: ION/ON/GLO/VCE; Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant
Diameter: 18.6mm. Weight: 1.37g. DA=12:1-2.
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1248
Date to: Exactly AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.37 g
Diameter: 18.6 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th May 2013
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Other reference: IOW2013-1-269
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Gloucester
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing without sceptre
Obverse inscription: hENRICVS REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: ION/ON/GLO/VCE
Die axis measurement: 1 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
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 | 226 | 986-988 |