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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-711F63
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A silver penny of Henry III, dating to the period AD 1248-50. Class three. Minted by Ion of Norwich.
North vol.I, 226, no.986ff
Diameter: 18.0mm, thickness: 1.0mm, weight: 1.33g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1248
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.33 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Norwich
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: Voided long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: ION/ON/NOR/WIC
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Broughton and Old Dalby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6926
Four figure Latitude: 52.82711974
Four figure longitude: -0.97738654
1:25K map: SK6926
1:10K map: SK62NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 986 |
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