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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-B17332
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unidentified medieval silver cut farthing. The coin is very worn and damaged but is probably a voided long-cross coin of Henry III or Edward I. Diameter of the coin: 8.32 mm. Thickness 0.68 mm. Weight 0.263 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1247
Date to: Exactly AD 1278
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.68 mm
Weight: 0.263 g
Diameter: 8.32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th September 2012
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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, not further defined
Obverse description: Unclear.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Unclear.
Reverse inscription: ...]LV[...
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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