Record ID: IOW-6C1612
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted by Pieres at Durham. Class 7a, 1217-1222 (North 1994, 222, ref: 978). Obverse: hE[NRICVS R]EX; Crowned bust facing with sceptre (third lower curl). Reverse: + (cross pattée) [PIERE]S ON DVR; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant. Diameter: 17.6mm. Weight: 0.60g. DA=12:4. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.