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COIN
Unique ID: KENT-7882CF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn Medieval silver voided long cross cut half penny of Henry III to Edward I. Minted in Canterbury by uncertain moneyer. Uncertain class. c. AD 1247-1279.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1247
Date to: Exactly AD 1279
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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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: Canterbury
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned long cross
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: voided long cross
Reverse inscription: [...]ANT
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7376
Four figure Latitude: 51.45654451
Four figure longitude: 0.48868123
1:25K map: TQ7376
1:10K map: TQ77NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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