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COIN
Unique ID: SF-1E6A4D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver hammered cut halfpenny of Henry III, dating c. 1258-1265. Class 5g (one bar of the 'X' is straight), uncertain moneyer at the mint of London.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1258
Date to: Circa AD 1265
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 8.82 mm
Weight: 0.55 g
Diameter: 17.98 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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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
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 5g (N 997)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing, sceptre held in right hand
Obverse inscription: [....]REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross quartering coin, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border
Reverse inscription: [...]ON L/VND
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Bressingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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