1 Penny - Henry III Long Cross type; class 5i (Posthumous) 1272

Weight

1.15 g

Diameter

17 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Legend around crowned facing portrait, holding lis-tipped sceptre. Note: even more degraded than 5h, most coins have ENR ligated and the line of pellets below the crown band is either missing or in a format other than a simple line of three, possibly posthumous

Back design

Legend around voided long cross, with central pellet, triple pellets in quarters.

Year of Minting

1272

King

Edward I ( 1272-1307 )

Mint location

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

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: hENRICVS REX III’ Reverse: IOh SON SEN TED

Context

Coinage in the name of Henry III (1272-79), Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase IV (Posthumous), Class 5i. 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

Marketplace listings

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