1 Penny - Henry III Long Cross type; class 3a2 1248-1249

Weight

1.41 g

Diameter

18 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Legend around crowned facing portrait without sceptre. Note: bust altered, eyes are round comprising pellets in crescents

Back design

Long voided cross with three pellets in each quarter, moneyer and mint name around.

Year of Minting

1248-1249

King

Henry III ( 1216-1272 )

Mint location

Bury St Edmunds , England (1042-1166,1205-1377); Canterbury , England (757-1272,1457-1649); Exeter , United Kingdom (871-1099,1625-1702); Gloucester , United Kingdom (871-1272); Ilchester , United Kingdom (959-1272); Lincoln , United Kingdom (890-1279); London , United Kingdom (650-1279); Northampton , United Kingdom (955-1272); Norwich , United Kingdom (924-1265, 1696-1697); Oxford , England (871-1272, 1625-1649); Winchester , England (871-1272); York , England (1066-1702)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: hENRICVS REX:III Reverse: GIL BER TON CAN

Context

Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase II (Provincial), Class 3a2. Mintmark 3: thicker 6-pointed star, struck at London and provincial mints, 1248-49. 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

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

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