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Unique ID: YORYM-43D585
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008
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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 4 or 5, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with sceptre
Obverse inscription: [HENR]ICVS REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross
Reverse inscription: [---]DEI DNV[---]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 226 | 989 cf |