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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-7B2180
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver medieval cut short-cross halfpenny of Richard I. Moneyer Goldwine at Canterbury mint (AD 1194-1200; Class 4a; North 968/1).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1194
Date to: Exactly AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.54 g
Diameter: 16.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4275
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Richard I of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 4a (N 968/1)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with sceptre in right hand.
Obverse inscription: hENRIC[VS REX]
Reverse description: Voided short cross; quatrefoil in each angle
Reverse inscription: [GOL]DWINE O[N ...]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: The Deverills
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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