CORN-7CC6C8: Medieval coin: short-cross penny of John (obverse)

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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-7CC6C8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Silver voided short-cross penny of John (1199-1216), Class 5b2, (c.1204-1209), moneyer Gileberd, Exeter mint, Spink 1351, North 970b

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
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: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.28 g
Diameter: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th June 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: John of England
Mint or issue place: Exeter
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 5b2 (N 970 ii)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing, with circular pelleted curls, wearing armour and mantle with sceptre in right hand
Obverse inscription: hENRICUS REX
Reverse description: voided short cross with quatrefoil in each angle
Reverse inscription: +GILEBERD ON EC
Initial mark: cross pattee on reverse
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

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: Constantine (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW7228
Four figure Latitude: 50.108217
Four figure longitude: -5.190082
1:25K map: SW7228
1:10K map: SW78NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

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
Spink and Son Ltd	2005	Coins of England and the United Kingdom	London	Spink and Son Ltd	147,	No.1351
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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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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