1 Penny - Henry III Long Cross type; class 5a 1251-1253

Weight

1.48 g

Diameter

18 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Legend around crowned facing portrait, holding sceptre. Note: varieties exist (see below)

Back design

Legend around voided long cross pommée with pellet at centre and trefoil in each angle. Note: varieties exist (see below)

Year of Minting

1251-1253

King

Henry III ( 1216-1272 )

Mint location

Bury St Edmunds , England (1042-1166,1205-1377); Canterbury , England (757-1272,1457-1649); Durham , England (1154-1547); London , United Kingdom (650-1279)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: hЄNRICVS RЄX III Reverse: HEN | RI O | N LV | NDE

Context

Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase III (Post-provincial), Class 5a. No mintmark, struck at the London (except 5a4), Canterbury, Bury St Edmunds and Durham mints, 1251 - c.1253. Varieties exist: Sp#1367 Class 5a1 Legend starts at 10 o'clock, large round bust, round eyes and half fleur at crown ends; Sp#1367A Class 5a2 As above but crown has end pellets, some with the letter X with one curved limb (Class 5a3); Sp#1367B Class 5a4 As above but with jewelled crown. For more details visit Rod Blunt's website here . By the middle of Henry's reign the Short Cross coinage in circulation was in a poor state and, in 1247, a new coinage was ordered with the cross on the reverse extended to the edge of the coin in an attempt to prevent clipping. The earliest coins (1a) showed the names of neither the mint nor the moneyer. Class 1b includes the name of the mint and from Class 2 onwards all coins show the name of both the mint and the moneyer.

Rarity

Rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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