Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-5BD283
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny of Henry III, 1217 - 1222, minted by Ledvlf in London, class 7aC, North Number 978
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1217
Date to: Circa AD 1222
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.97 mm
Width: 17.78 mm
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th June 2011 - Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 7a (N 978)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, holding a sceptre
Obverse inscription: HERICUS REX
Reverse description: Short cross with four pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: LEDVL.F.ON.LVNDE
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE3086
Four figure Latitude: 54.26878
Four figure longitude: -1.54087
1:25K map: SE3086
1:10K map: SE38NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
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 | 222 | 978 |