Record ID: IOW-BE9D11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted by Iohan at Bury St Edmunds. Class 8b-8c, 1242-1247 (North 1994: 223). Obverse: [hENRICVS REX]; [Crowned bust facing with sceptre]. Reverse: + (crosss pattée) IOh[ ]EA; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.3mm. Weight: 0.49g. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2018
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.