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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-BB6AF8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn late 12th-century or early 13th-century silver medieval cut farthing of uncertain ruler, Iohan moneyer, uncertain mint (Short voided cross Classes 1-8; probably Class 5 - 8, 1180-1247 AD).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1180
Date to: Exactly AD 1247
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 9.15 mm
Width: 8.75 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3276
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Henry II - Henry III
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [hEN]RIC[VS REX]
Reverse description: Short cross with saltire in each quarter
Reverse inscription: IOA[...]
Initial mark: Cross
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: St. Mary Bourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4452
Four figure Latitude: 51.265465
Four figure longitude: -1.370742
1:25K map: SU4452
1:10K map: SU45SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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