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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-193A16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver voided short-cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), Class 5b2 (Wren), c.1204-1209 (from style of E and S and x), mint of Chichester, moneyer Pieres.
Evidence of reuse: cut in half to be used as smaller change
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1204
Date to: AD 1209
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 18.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 13th October 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: John of England
Mint or issue place: Chichester
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Obverse description: crowned bust facing with sceptre and two tight curls enclosing pellet on either side and five pearls to crown
Obverse inscription: hENRICUS REX
Reverse description: voided short cross pommée with quatrefoil in each angle
Reverse inscription: +PIERES.O[N.CICE]
Initial mark: cross pattée (on reverse)
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Mevagissey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0145
Four figure Latitude: 50.271356
Four figure longitude: -4.793947
1:25K map: SX0145
1:10K map: SX05SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 164, Plate XVI, Fig.3, | No.970 | |
| Wren, C.R. | 1992 | The Short-Cross Coinage: 1180-1247. Henry II to Henry III | Herne Bay | Plantagenet Books | 53, | Class 5b2 |
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