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COIN
Unique ID: BH-EEF46D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Irish silver cut halfpenny of Henry III, dating to the period 1251-1254. Class 1a coin, minted at Dublin. Moneyer: Ricard. This coin appears to have been clipped.
Diameter: 15.4mm; thickness: 0.8mm. Weight: 0.41g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1251
Date to: Exactly AD 1254
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.41 g
Diameter: 15.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/28 - 41
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: Dublin
Type: Henry III, not further defined
Obverse description: [Crowned] bust facing, holding sceptre, cinquefoil in right field, double triangle border.
Obverse inscription: [hENRI]/CVS R/[EX/III]
Reverse description: Voided long cross, three pellets in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: RIC/ARD/[...
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Great and Little Chishill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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