Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-17E701
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver cut half of a voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (1247-72), Class Va (c.1250-1256), moneyer Richard, London mint.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1256
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.68 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th April 2014
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5a (N 991)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing with sceptre in right hand but only crown and left curls remain
Obverse inscription: hENR[ICVS REX I]II'
Reverse description: voided long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: [RIC]ARD ONL[VND]
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.19163314
Four figure longitude: -5.41984988
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Wren, C.R. | 1993 | The Voided Long-Cross Coinage 1247-1279: Henry III & Edward I | Herne Bay | Plantagenet Books | 57, | Class Va |