Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: SOM-685E58
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1251
Date to: Ante AD 1272
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.72 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 28th January 2008
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Other reference: Entry 020179
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Henry III, long cross, not further defined
Obverse description: Facing bust with sceptre dividing legend
Obverse inscription: HEN[RICVS REX] III
Reverse description: Voided long cross
Reverse inscription: RIC/[ARD/ONL]/VND
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 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 | 227 | no. 992/2 |