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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-6F51AE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete silver cut half penny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272). Class 4ab. Voided long cross reverse with three pellets in each quadrant. Moneyer Nicole in Canterbury. AD 1250-1251.
North Vol I, P 226, No 989/1.
Length: 18.34mm, Width: 9.95mm, Thickness: 0.94mm, Weight: 0.5g
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 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1251
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.34 mm
Width: 9.95 mm
Thickness: 0.94 mm
Weight: 0.5 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 4ab (N 989/1)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [hENRICVSREX/III]
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant
Reverse inscription: NIC[/OLE/ONC/ANT]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
To be known as: Near Kettering
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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 | 226 | 989/1 |
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