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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-E50346
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (1247-1272), Class Va (1250-56), holding sceptre, moneyer Nicole, London mint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Exactly AD 1256
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.32 g
Diameter: 18.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
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
Obverse inscription: hENRICVS REX III'
Reverse description: voided long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: NICOLE ON LVND
Die axis measurement: 8 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Egloshayle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0072
Four figure Latitude: 50.51354023
Four figure longitude: -4.8223358
1:25K map: SX0072
1:10K map: SX02NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wren, C.R. | 1993 | The Voided Long-Cross Coinage 1247-1279: Henry III & Edward I | Herne Bay | Plantagenet Books | 57, | Class Va |
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