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COIN
Unique ID: LEIC-32665A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny, moneyer Henri, London mint 1180-1205 (class 1-5a)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1180
Date to: Circa AD 1205
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.68 g
Diameter: 19 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: Richard I of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Obverse description: facing crowned bust
Obverse inscription: HENRICV
Reverse description: Voided short cross and crosslets
Reverse inscription: NRI ON L
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: LEICESTERSHIRE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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