Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-6A0F63
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval cut half penny of Henry III (1216-72), probably class 5g, Canterbury mint, moneyer Alein. It is 17.1mm long, 8.2mm wide and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.56gm. Reference: North, volume 1, number 997.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1258
Date to: Exactly AD 1272
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.1 mm
Width: 8.2 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.56 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2010 - Monday 13th September 2010
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Other reference: PAS form number 1232
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: Long cross class 5g (N 997)
Obverse description: A forward facing crowned bust of the king
Obverse inscription: [HENRI]CVS RE[X] (III)
Reverse description: A voided long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: [AL]EIN [ON CANT..]
Initial mark: Cross pattee
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE3366
Four figure Latitude: 54.088857
Four figure longitude: -1.496995
1:25K map: SE3366
1:10K map: SE36NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | number 997 |