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Name or Denominations
1 Penny (1⁄240)
Issuer
England (United Kingdom)
Ruler
Henry III ( 1216-1272 )
Year of Minting
1249-1250
Currency
Pound sterling ( 1158-1970 )
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
1.35 g
Diameter
17 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Silver
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Hammered
Front design
Legend around crowned facing portrait without sceptre. Note: similar to 3bc but coarser bust usually with necklines and a colon after REX, eyes are round comprising pellets in annulets
Back design
Legend around voided long cross with trefoil of pellets in each angle.
Year of Minting
1249-1250
King
Henry III ( 1216-1272 )
Mint location
Bristol , United Kingdom (1066-1702); Bury St Edmunds , England (1042-1166,1205-1377); Canterbury , England (757-1272,1457-1649); Carlisle , England (1100-1272); Gloucester , United Kingdom (871-1272); Hereford , United Kingdom (924-1272); Ilchester , United Kingdom (959-1272); Lincoln , United Kingdom (890-1279); London , United Kingdom (650-1279); Newcastle , modern-day Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (1272-1327); Northampton , United Kingdom (955-1272); Norwich , United Kingdom (924-1265, 1696-1697); Oxford , England (871-1272, 1625-1649); Shrewsbury , England (924-1272, 1625-1649); Wilton , United Kingdom (959-1250); Winchester , England (871-1272); York , England (1066-1702)
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Inscriptions
Obverse: hENRICVS REX III Reverse: NIC OLE ON L VND
Context
Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase II (Provincial), Class 3c. Mintmark 4: larger 6-pointed star, struck at London and provincial mints, c.1249-50. 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. For further detail, please read this article published in the British Numismatic Journal The Long Cross Coinage of Henry III and Edward I by L. A. Lawrence, F.S.A.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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