DUR-FE4168: DUR-FE4168 : Cut Half Penny : Henry III

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COIN

Unique ID: DUR-FE4168

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete silver cut Half Penny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272). Class 5g. Voided long cross reverse with three pellets in each quadrant. Uncertain Moneyer. Minted in Canterbury. AD 1258-1265.

North Vol I, P 227, No 997.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1258
Date to: Circa AD 1265

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.26 mm
Width: 8.97 mm
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 0.6 g

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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 class 5g (N 997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [hENRIC]VS REX/II[I]
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: [/]/[O]/NC/ANT
Die axis measurement: 4 o'clock
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: York

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
North, J.J.	1963	English Hammered Coinage: Vol I. Early Anglo Saxon-Henry III, c650-1272	London	Spink and Son Ltd	227	997

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Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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