Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
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Unique ID: NARC-B2DC91
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered cut-quarter penny. Irish issue. Either Henry III or Edward I first coinage.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1216
Date to: Circa AD 1279
Quantity: 1
Length: 9 mm
Width: 9 mm
Weight: 0.27 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th 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: Uncertain
Type: Long cross, not further defined
Obverse description: bust facing within triangle
Obverse inscription: [HENRICVS....]III
Reverse description: voided longcross
Reverse inscription: [ ]ION/[ ]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP5853
Four figure Latitude: 52.172221
Four figure longitude: -1.153317
1:25K map: SP5853
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.