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Name or Denominations
1 Penny (1⁄240)
Issuer
England (United Kingdom)
Ruler
Henry III ( 1216-1272 )
Year of Minting
1216-1247
Currency
Pound sterling ( 1158-1970 )
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
1.44 g
Diameter
18 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Silver
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Hammered
Front design
Legend around crowned facing bust, holding sceptre. Note: degraded portrait, wedge-shaped X, cross pomme as initial mark
Back design
Legend around voided cross, with four pellets in angles.
Year of Minting
1216-1247
King
Henry III ( 1216-1272 )
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
Obverse: hENRICVS·REX Reverse: NIChOLE·ON LVN
Context
House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Henry III (1216-72), Short Cross coinage (1216-47), Class 8b. London mint, Nichole moneyer, struck c. 1242-44. The Short Cross coinage continued during Henry's reign for a further 30 years during which time the style of portraiture and workmanship deteriorated. By the 1220s minting had concentrated at London and Canterbury, one exception being the mint of the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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