1 Penny - Henry III Long Cross type; class 6 (Posthumous) 1272-1275

Weight

1.5 g

Diameter

18 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Crowned facing bust holding sceptre within inner beaded circle, legend around. Note: crude bust with almond shaped eyes and realistic hair reaching the level of the King's mouth

Back design

Voided long cross with trefoil of pellets in angles, moneyer and mint name around. Note: Lombardic N's feature in the reverses of the coins of Bury St Edmunds

Year of Minting

1272-1275

King

Edward I ( 1272-1307 )

Mint location

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

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Variable alignment ↺

Inscriptions

Obverse: ҺЄNRICVS RЄX III Reverse: ION [ON] SAN TЄD

Context

House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Coinage in the name of Henry III (1272-79), Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase IV (Posthumous), Class 6. No mintmark, struck at the London, Bury St Edmunds and Durham mints, c.1272-75. For more details visit Rod Blunt's website here . The Colchester (Essex) Hoard II (1969) contained 1,916 Class 6 pennies of the moneyer Ion from the Bury St Edmunds mint, which were scarce before it was discovered. Other Class 6 pennies are rare.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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