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COIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-6672A0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval silver penny of Henry III (AD 1216 - 1272), dating from December AD 1217 - AD 1218, Class 6c3. Mint of York, issued by Peres. See North (1994) number 976/3 on page 222. The mint signiture is EVERy.
This mint signiture is recorded in "The J. P. Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247: Vol 56 (Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles)", see plate 70 and numbers 1880 & 1881. The coin appears to be a die match with number 1881. It can also be die linked to the reverse of 1880, the obverse of 1882 and the obverse CM.1290-2001 in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Dr Martin Allen has commented that British Numismatic Journal 33 (1964), John Brand, 'Some Short Cross questions' (p.67), notes that the specific dies for this class were supplied to the York mint on 3rd December AD1217, so this coin will have been struck sometime thereafter, but not after AD1218 as that is when the coinage of class 7a commenced.
The coin is worn between 6 and 9 o'clock on the obverse, and between 2 and 5 o'clock on the reverse. There is also a scratch on the obverse from the inner circle, over the hair to the face at the 3 o'clock position. The coin has unusually thick and straight edges.
The coin is 17.8mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 1.46g.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1217
Date to: Circa AD 1218
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.46 g
Diameter: 17.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2555, finder's number M94
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 6c3 (N 976/3)
Obverse description: Forward facing crowned bust holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS (R/EX)
Reverse description: Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each angle
Reverse inscription: PE(RE)[S •] ON • EVERy
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Scotton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8899
Four figure Latitude: 53.48037609
Four figure longitude: -0.67543574
1:25K map: SK8899
1:10K map: SK89NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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