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Unique ID: YORYM-CF5F16
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny of Henry III, Class I-III.
North, Vol: I, p225-6.
Approximately one third of the coin has broken off, but a small portion of either the broken fragment or very possibly a second coin can be seen stuck to the opposite edge of the coin. It is not 100% clear whether this is the broken fragment or another coin. It is impossible to tell.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1247
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 19.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th February 2010
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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: Northampton
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Henry III, long cross, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [HEN]R[ICVS R]EX I[II]
Reverse description: Voided long cross
Reverse inscription: [TOM]/ASO/[ONN]/[OR]h
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | p225-6 |