Record ID: HESH-560695
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver medieval cut long cross penny of Henry III. Moneyer: Ion (Jon) Mint: Bury St Edmunds. Due to the nature of the cut penny a sub type / class is difficult to identify. However, I feel that this should be best described as a penny of Class IIIa (or possibly Class II) which is dated 1248-50 AD. The reasons for the claisification is the lack of lines on the side of the head indictating a neck, the positioning of the inscription which is rather spread suggesting the Class III which reads HENRICVS REX III, rather than that of class II, HENRICVS REX TERCI. Other indicators to sub cla…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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