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Unique ID: SF-145819
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver voided short cross penny of Henry II, Class 1b-c, c.1180-1189 AD. Wren, 1992: p. 44-45.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1180
Date to: Circa AD 1189
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.34 g
Diameter: 20.61 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Mint or issue place: Northampton
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 1b (N 963)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: hENRICVS.R-EX (rounded E and C)
Reverse description: Voided short cross, pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: +RAVL.ON.NORhT
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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