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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-632657
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver cut quarter penny of Henry III, (AD1216-1272).
Obverse: [HEN]RICV[S REX]; crowned bust facing.
Reverse: ]ON/C[; voided long cross with three pellets in each angle.
Mint: Canterbury or Carlisle
Monier: Willem or Robert
Class Ib - Va-g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1216
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.4 g
Diameter: 13.22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut farthing
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Henry III, short cross, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [HEN]RICV[S REX]
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each angle.
Reverse inscription: ]ON/C
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: Wetherby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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