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Unique ID: DOR-D99D58
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Class: Longcross penny
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1247
Date to: AD 1272
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.28 g
Diameter: 18.49 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 3rd January 2009
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Bury St. Edmunds
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3b (N 987)
Obverse description: Facing bust without sceptre, marks for the neck
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS R[EX III]
Reverse description: Voided long cross with pellets in the angles
Reverse inscription: ION ON SC[---]
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: ST8718
Four figure Latitude: 50.961275
Four figure longitude: -2.186479
1:25K map: ST8718
1:10K map: ST81NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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