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COIN
Unique ID: WAW-3042B1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1251
Date to: AD 1272
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.36 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Obverse description: Bust facing forwards holding a sceptre. The crown has a double band.
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX III
Reverse description: Long voided cross. There are three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: WIL / LEM / ONL / VND EM and ND are ligatured.
Die axis measurement: 9 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)
Parish or ward: Kington St. Michael (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9077
Four figure Latitude: 51.49185503
Four figure longitude: -2.14542767
1:25K map: ST9077
1:10K map: ST97NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | No. 996 |
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