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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-8289AF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval silver voided long-cross cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272), Class 5ci dating to 1251-1272. Moneyer John. London or Canterbury mint. North (1994) no. 993
Measurements: length: 9.6mm; width: 9.9mm; weight: 0.43g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1251
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 9.6 mm
Width: 9.9 mm
Weight: 0.43 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut farthing
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5c (N 993)
Obverse description: H[ENRICVS REX TERC]I'
Obverse inscription: HE[NRIC]VS REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant.
Reverse inscription: IOh[...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Brookland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9825
Four figure Latitude: 50.99033532
Four figure longitude: 0.81992777
1:25K map: TQ9825
1:10K map: TQ92NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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