Rights Holder: Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Unique ID: CORN-1F22CA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Silver cut quarter of a voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Long cross coinage (1247-1272), Class IIIb or IIIc (1248-1250), obverse with 'h' in one o'clock position with high arch, most likely London mint but could also be Lincoln. Spink 1363 or 1364.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1248
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Thursday 31st December 2015
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Other reference: 18
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Denomination: Cut farthing
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3b (N 987)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: hEN[RICVS REX III]
Reverse description: Voided long cross with three pellets in angle
Reverse inscription: [...] ONL [...]
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SW9138
Four figure Latitude: 50.20502821
Four figure longitude: -4.93022797
1:25K map: SW9138
1:10K map: SW98SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2008 | Coins of England & The United Kingdom, 43rd Edition | London | Spink | 145 | nos.1363-1364 | |
Wren, C.R. | 1993 | The Voided Long-Cross Coinage 1247-1279: Henry III & Edward I | Herne Bay | Plantagenet Books | 44 | Class IIIbc |