Rights Holder: Isle of Wight Council
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Unique ID: IOW-6AF807
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
A complete penny of Henry III. Class 7b, AD 1217/8-42 (North 1980, 180. ref. 979).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1217
Date to: AD 1242
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.31 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th June 2007
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Other reference: IOW2007-1-285
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 7b (N 979)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with sceptre
Obverse inscription: hENRICVS REX (sceptre between R and E of REX).
Reverse description: Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: ADAM O[]DE
Initial mark: Cross pattée
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 180 | 979 |