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Unique ID: PUBLIC-30635D
Object type certainty: Certain
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A hammered silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272)
Moneyer Nicole Mint London Class 4a (AD 1250)
North: 989
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.7 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th October 2018
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
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 4a (N 989)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing with sceptre which interrupts inscription at 10 o'clock. Crown formed with a central lis formed of three pellets and pellet / ball shaped side fleurs.
Obverse inscription: HENRICVS REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross divides flan and inscription. in the inscription the C and E are closed
Reverse inscription: [NI]COLE [ON LVND]
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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North, J.J. | 1994 | English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 | London | Spink and Son Ltd | |||
Wren, C R | 1993 | The Voided Long-Cross Coinage 1247-1279. Henry III & Edward I |