Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-64B5D6
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An incomplete silver Penny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272). Class 6C3. Short cross reverse with quatrefoil in each quadrant. Minted by Iohan in York. AD 1217.
Diameter: 19.22mm, Thickness: 1.02mm, Weight: 1.3g
The coin is missing small portions of its outer flan
North Vol I, P 222, No 976/3
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1217
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.02 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 19.22 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 6c3 (N 976/3)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: hENRICVSR/EX
Reverse description: Short cross with quatrefoil in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: IOhAN·ONEV[ER]
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP6353
Four figure Latitude: 52.17167431
Four figure longitude: -1.080215
1:25K map: SP6353
1:10K map: SP65SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 222 | 976/3 |