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COIN
Unique ID: BH-EE0F66
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Short Cross penny of Henry II (Class 1b1) dating to the period AD 1180 to 1182. Minted by Adam at Winchester.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1180
Date to: Circa AD 1182
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.84 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Ruler/issuer: Henry II of England
Mint or issue place: Winchester
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: N 953.1 (Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby): B1)
Obverse description: Crowned bust with sceptre
Obverse inscription: hENRICVS [...]X
Reverse description: Voided short cross, four pellets in each field
Reverse inscription: +ADAM[ONWI]NCE
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Heydon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4141
Four figure Latitude: 52.04946084
Four figure longitude: 0.05478117
1:25K map: TL4141
1:10K map: TL44SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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