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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-ED63F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete silver penny of Henry III, class 7b. Most of the left hand side has been ripped off, probably by a modern plough. The surviving part of the coin has the rear inscription SMVNDE ON which can only match Osmund of Canterbury.
Class:
short cross penny of Henry III
Sub class: 7b
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: wih landowner
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1222
Date to: Exactly AD 1236
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 7b (N 979)
Obverse inscription: ENRIC'VS R
Reverse description: Osmund of Canterbury.
Reverse inscription: SMVNDE ON
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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