CORN-C64F53: Medieval coin: cut halfpenny of Henry III (obverse)

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COIN

Unique ID: CORN-C64F53

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Silver cut half voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (c.1247-1272), Class IIa (c.1248), moneyer missing, mint Northampton, North 985, Spink 1361

Evidence of reuse: cut in half to be used as smaller change

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.64 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 25th September 2009

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Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Northampton
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 2a (N 985/1)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [HEN]RICVS REX [TERCI]
Reverse description: voided long cross with three pellets in each angle
Reverse inscription: [...] ON ORH
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
Parish or ward: Corfe Castle (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY9681
Four figure Latitude: 50.628685
Four figure longitude: -2.057914
1:25K map: SY9681
1:10K map: SY91SE
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
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.985
Spink and Son Ltd	2005	Coins of England and the United Kingdom	London	Spink and Son Ltd	151,	No.1361
Wren, C.R.	1993	The Voided Long-Cross Coinage 1247-1279: Henry III & Edward I	Herne Bay	Plantagenet Books	48,	Class IIa

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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