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COIN
Unique ID: SF-88211E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn and heavily clipped silver hammered cut halfpenny struck for Henry III, dating c. 1253-1256. Probably a class 5 issue, moneyer and mint unknown due to heavy clipping which has removed the entire outer legend.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1253
Date to: Circa AD 1256
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 6.31 mm
Weight: 0.32 g
Diameter: 13.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th October 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 III of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, sceptre held in right hand
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: Voided longcross quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: illegible
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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