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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-CCF565
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn mid 13th-century silver medieval cut farthing of Henry III, Nicole moneyer, uncertain mint (AD 1248-1250; Long voided cross class III)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1248
Date to: Exactly AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.95 mm
Width: 8.9 mm
Weight: 0.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 3978
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut farthing
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [hENRICVS] REX [III]
Reverse description: Long voided cross with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: NIC/[...]/[...]/[...]
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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