Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-90BBB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: cut halfpenny of Henry III.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1248
Date to: AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 17.45 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2006 - Wednesday 1st November 2006
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3, not further defined
Obverse description: Bust faces forwards, only the left hand-side of the bust remains with two curls.
Obverse inscription: VS REX III
Reverse description: Long voided cross with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: HEN / RIO ENare ligatured.
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP0055
Four figure Latitude: 52.193239
Four figure longitude: -2.001418
1:25K map: SP0055
1:10K map: SP05NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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