Rights Holder: Oxfordshire County Council
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Unique ID: BERK-A0AD2B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A very worn medieval silver short cross cut half penny, possibly of King John, AD 1199 - 1216. The coin is too worn for further identification.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1199
Date to: Circa AD 1216
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.46 mm
Weight: 0.3 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th April 2017
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Other reference: oxpas2018.205
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Cut halfpenny
Ruler/issuer: John of England
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: John, not further defined
Obverse description: Face affronte
Obverse inscription: ...hENRICVS...
Reverse description: Within a border (very worn) a voided short cross with four quarters in each four pellets in a square
Reverse inscription: Illegible
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP8224
Four figure Latitude: 51.90851042
Four figure longitude: -0.80939508
1:25K map: SP8224
1:10K map: SP82SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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