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Unique ID: LEIC-78CAF3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver medieval cut farthing cut from a short cross penny of an uncertain ruler (Henry II, John or Henry III, 1180 - 1247). The coin is in poor condition, is 9mm in radius (18mm diameter) and weighs 0.26g.
Current location of find: With finder
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 1247
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.26 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th March 2020
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Other reference: 2892
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Cut farthing
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Obverse description: Indistinct
Reverse description: Voided short cross and pellets
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK7117
Four figure Latitude: 52.74596864
Four figure longitude: -0.94965856
1:25K map: SK7117
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.