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Unique ID: IOW-C3B925
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval silver penny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted at London. Class 3a-3b, 1248-1250 (North 1994: 226, ref: 986-987). Obverse: [ ]RICVS RE[ ]; crowned bust facing without sceptre. Reverse: [ ]ONL/VND; voided long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant.
Class: Cut halfpenny
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1248
Date to: Exactly AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18.8 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th February 2011
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Other reference: IOW2011-1-98
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3a (N 986)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing without sceptre
Obverse inscription: [ ]RICVS RE[ ]
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: [ ]ONL/VND (ON, ND ligated)
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 226 | 986-987 |