CORN-C936E4: Medieval coin: penny of Henry III (obverse)

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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-C936E4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Silver voided long-cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), long cross coinage (1247-1272), Class IIIb c.1248-1250, moneyer Henri, London mint

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder's widow
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1248
Date to: AD 1250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.18 g
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2006

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3b (N 987)
Obverse description: crowned head facing with no neck and broad short face with three pellets making up beard on either side of larger central chin pellet with inner row of smaller pellets
Obverse inscription: hENRICVS REX:III
Reverse description: voided long cross pommee dividing legend with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: HENRI ON LVND
Initial mark: star
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely 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: SW7226
Four figure Latitude: 50.090257
Four figure longitude: -5.188889
1:25K map: SW7226
1:10K map: SW76SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder's widow
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	167,	No.987
Wren, C.R.	1993	The Voided Long-Cross Coinage 1247-1279: Henry III & Edward I	Herne Bay	Plantagenet Books	52,	Class 3b

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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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