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COIN
Unique ID: BERK-E84108
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver cut farthing of Henry III (AD1216-1272). Monyer: ?RICARD. Mint: uncertain. Class: uncertain
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1247
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.7 mm
Width: 8.7 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th October 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut farthing
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Henry III, not further defined
Obverse description: Bust facing forward
Obverse inscription: EN
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: RIC
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Itchen Valley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5332
Four figure Latitude: 51.084877
Four figure longitude: -1.24470048
1:25K map: SU5332
1:10K map: SU53SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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