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COIN
Unique ID: SF-ED85B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval silver cut voided long cross farthing of Henry III (AD 1216-1272), Class 2. dating to AD 1248 (N 985). Uncertain moneyer and mint. Ref: North 1980: 182.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1248
Date to: Exactly AD 1248
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.26 g
Diameter: 18.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2021 - Sunday 7th November 2021
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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 2, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [hENRICVS REX T]ER[CI]
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing legend, four pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [.../...]ON/[...]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd |
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