1 Penny - Henry III Long Cross type; class 2a 1247

Weight

1.33 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.

Back design

Voided long cross pommée with pellet at centre and trefoil in each angle, legend around.

Year of Minting

1247

King

Henry III ( 1216-1272 )

Mint location

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

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: hENRICVS REX TERCI Reverse: NIC OLE ONL VND

Context

Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase I (Pre-Provincial), Class 2a. Mintmark 2 (thinner six-pointed star), struck at the London, Canterbury and Bury St Edmunds mints, 1247. 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

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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