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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-5158C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver cut half penny of Henry III Long cross coinage (AD 1247-1279), being incomplete it is tricky to asign a moneyer and a mint - it is most likely to fall within Class Vg (dating to 1265) based on the style of the R and portrait type.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1265
Date to: Circa AD 1265
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18 mm
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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
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5g (N 997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing - large thick band to crown with pellet side terminals and low central lis. Inscription lost through clipping
Reverse description: A divided long cross divides the inscription and coin. Within each divided quarter three pellets. IN the inscription the R has a comma shaped tail / foot and the E has a curved back and is closed
Reverse inscription: RE ON C(?)
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Stafford (District)
To be known as: Church Eaton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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