Rights Holder: National Museum Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-A56727
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1248
Date to: AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.61 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Diameter: 17.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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 3c (N 988)
Obverse description: Crowned bust forward.
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: ION ON S EDMVND
Initial mark: Star
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.