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Unique ID: BERK-7791A6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-72), Long Cross Class 3 (not further defined; 1248-50; North 986-8), mint: Wilton, moneyer: unknown. Ref: North 1994: 226; Wren 1993: 30, 50-3.
The coin is 18.5mm in length, 8.9mm in width, and weighs 0.65g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1248
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 8.9 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
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Other reference: 0145
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Ruler/issuer: Henry III of England
Mint or issue place: Wilton Castle
Category: English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278
Type: Long cross class 3, not further defined
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing
Obverse inscription: [...] REX III
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing legend with three pellets in each quarter
Reverse inscription: [ ]ON W/ILT
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SU9080
Four figure Latitude: 51.51176893
Four figure longitude: -0.7044798
1:25K map: SU9080
1:10K map: SU98SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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 | Page 226 | ||
Wren, C.R. | 1993 | The Voided Long-Cross Coinage 1247-1279: Henry III & Edward I | Herne Bay | Plantagenet Books | Pages 30, 50-53 |