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COIN
Unique ID: PUBLIC-ACAA52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver cut half penny, probably of Henry II (1154-1189), Class 1, now bent and cracked. Obverse showing a number of pearls in the crown. Reverse: voided short cross with pellets. Only a little of each inscription can be read, but there is enough on the reverse to show that the moneyer was Willelm, which in class 1 would narrow the mints down to London, Lincoln, Northampton or York. Issued between 1180 and 1189.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1180
Date to: Exactly AD 1189
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2017
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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 II of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Short cross class 1, not further defined
Obverse description: Crown with several pearls and hair to right can be seen.
Obverse inscription: hENRICI...
Reverse description: Short voided cross with quatrefoil in each angle.
Reverse inscription: ...LLEL...
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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
To be known as: GF001B
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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