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Unique ID: SUSS-BC7D54
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval silver cut voided long-cross halfpenny of Henry III (1216 - 1272), dating to 1248-1250.
Class IIb - IIIc, minted in Gloucester or Northampton. As. North (1994) nos: 985/2 - 988. Moneyer: Lvcas.
Measurements: diameter 17.40mm, thickness 1.55mm, weight 0.69g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1248
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.55 mm
Weight: 0.69 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross, not further defined
Obverse description: crowned bust facing forwards
Obverse inscription: hENRICV[...]
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: LVC/AS0[.../...]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ9123
Four figure Latitude: 50.97473469
Four figure longitude: 0.71925691
1:25K map: TQ9123
1:10K map: TQ92SW
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. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 985/2 - 988 |