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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-B12E1C
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medeival silver cut half penny of Henry III, minted in London by Richard c. AD 1222-1236. Class 7b, North Number 979.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1222
Date to: Circa AD 1236
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
Diameter: 15.6 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 7b (N 979)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: hENRIC[...]
Reverse description: Short cross
Reverse inscription: RICAR[...]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Ulcombe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8552
Four figure Latitude: 51.23718463
Four figure longitude: 0.64874589
1:25K map: TQ8552
1:10K map: TQ85SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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