Rights Holder: Sussex Archaeological Society
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Unique ID: SUSS-E5FD51
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1251
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.99 mm
Weight: 1.33 g
Diameter: 18.25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 6th October 2005
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Obverse description: Bust facing, sceptre in left field
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX [---]
Reverse description: Voided long cross
Reverse inscription: ION ON [CAN]TER
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1980 | English Hammered Coinage: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. 600-1272 | London | Spink & Son London | XVI | 32-39 |