Rights Holder: Durham County Council
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Unique ID: DUR-CBBF74
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cut silver halfpenny dating to the period AD 1189 to 1272.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1189
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 19.24 mm
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: ...RICVS R...
Reverse description: Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each angle
Reverse inscription: ..A....ON...
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SE4875
Four figure Latitude: 54.16856101
Four figure longitude: -1.26626827
1:25K map: SE4875
1:10K map: SE47NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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