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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-215FCD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver voided long cross penny of Henry III, (AD 1216-1272).
Obverse: HENRICVS REX III; crowned bust facing, pellet in beard.
Reverse: NICOLE ON CANT; voided long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter, pellet in centre of cross.
Class 5a2, North no. 991/2.
AD 1251-1272.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1251
Date to: Circa AD 1272
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 18.04 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Canterbury
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5a (N 991)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, pellet in beard.
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing legend, three pellets in each quarter, pellet in centre of cross.
Reverse inscription: NICOLE ON CANT
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Peover Superior
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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