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COIN
Unique ID: BH-727DB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver cut halfpenny of Henry III. Voided long-cross coinage, Probably Class 5g, struck 1258 - 1265. Reverse legend suggests the moneyer is probably Stephane, at Bury St. Edmunds, although the mint abbreviation 'SA' is a variant on the usual 'SE...'..
Diameter: 17.6mm; thickness: 0.7mm; weight: 0.6g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1258
Date to: Exactly AD 1265
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/155 - 30
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Bury St. Edmunds
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5, not further defined
Obverse description: [Crowned] bust facing, holding sceptre.
Obverse inscription: [hENRICV]S REX/III
Reverse description: Voided long cross, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: ...]NE O/N SA/[...
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Ashwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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