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Unique ID: SWYOR-EBBC64
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval silver coin: a cut halfpenny of John (1199 - 1216), probably class 5b, dating from AD1205 - 1206. The moneyer is Rauf, the mint unknown. It is 19.58mm long, 8.79mm wide and 0.69mm thick. It weighs 0.65gm.
Reference: North, (1994), volume 1, page 221, number 970.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1205
Date to: Exactly AD 1206
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.58 mm
Width: 8.79 mm
Thickness: 0.69 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 8th July 2015 - Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Other reference: PAS form number 2625
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: John of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 5b, not further defined
Obverse description: A forward facing, crowned bust of the king, with sceptre.
Obverse inscription: HENR[ICVS REX]
Reverse description: A voided short cross pommee with a quatrefoil in each angle.
Reverse inscription: RAVF O[N] (.....)
Initial mark: Cross pattee.
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK5798
Four figure Latitude: 53.47565164
Four figure longitude: -1.14266893
1:25K map: SK5798
1:10K map: SK59NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1963 | English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 221 | 970 |