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COIN
Unique ID: SF-A81E07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cut silver voided long cross halfpenny of Henry III, Class 5g-h, c.1251-1272 AD. Wren, 1993: pp. 63-64.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1251
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 16.48 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5g (N 997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, sceptre in right hand, two hair curls with pellets, all within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: []REX-III
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing the legend, three pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: REN/[]/[]/VND
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Barking
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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