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Unique ID: SWYOR-0BAD10
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval silver coin: a cut half penny of Henry III (1216-1272), class 2a (1248 AD), Canterbury mint, moneyer unknown. It is 17.9mm long, 8.3mm wide and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.54gm.
Reference: North, volume 1, number 985/1.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1248
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.9 mm
Width: 8.3 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.54 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th January 2012
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Other reference: Doncaster 00984
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 2a (N 985/1)
Obverse description: A forward facing, crowned bust of the king.
Obverse inscription: [HENRIC]VS REX [TERCI]
Reverse description: A voided long cross pommee dividing the legend, with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: (...)ON CA[NT]
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TF0594
Four figure Latitude: 53.432338
Four figure longitude: -0.421036
1:25K map: TF0594
1:10K map: TF09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
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 985/2 |