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COIN
Unique ID: SF-997A16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn silver voided short cross penny, probably of Henry II or possibly Richard I, classes 1-3, c.1180-1194 AD. Half of the coin is missing due to old breaks.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1189
Date to: Circa AD 1194
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.76 g
Diameter: 19.61 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 1, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing within an inner circle, five(?) hair curls with no pellets to left of head
Obverse inscription: h[]R-EX (X with no serifs)
Reverse description: Voided short cross, pellets in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: []N.ON.[]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Blythburgh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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