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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-77BAD7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and worn Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272). Probably Class 7, 1217-1242 (North 1994, 222-223, refs: 978-980).
Obverse: [ ]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre (curls without pellets)
Reverse: [ ]; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant
Diameter: 17.6mm. Weight: 0.57g.
North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1217
Date to: Exactly AD 1242
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.57 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th April 2016 - Sunday 10th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-2-144
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
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 7, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with sceptre (curls without pellets)
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | 222-223 | 978-980 |
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