Rights Holder: Isle of Wight Council
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Unique ID: IOW-AA9EE4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1217
Date to: AD 1242
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.54 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th October 2008
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Other reference: IOW2008-2-265
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 7a (N 978)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing (three curls, no pellets)
Obverse inscription: []ENR[]
Reverse description: Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: []N CAN[]
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
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 | 978 |