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

Weight

1.50 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. Note: smaller bust with necklines (sometimes vestigial), ENR usually ligated

Back design

Legend around voided long cross, trefoil of pellets in angles.

Year of Minting

1249

King

Henry III ( 1216-1272 )

Mint location

Bristol , United Kingdom (1066-1702); Bury St Edmunds , England (1042-1166,1205-1377); Canterbury , England (757-1272,1457-1649); Carlisle , England (1100-1272); 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); Shrewsbury , England (924-1272, 1625-1649); Wilton , United Kingdom (959-1250); Winchester , England (871-1272); York , England (1066-1702)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: hENRICVS REX III Reverse: T(OM)AS ON EV(ER)

Context

Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase II (Provincial), Class 3bc. Mintmark 4: larger 6-pointed star, struck at London and provincial mints, 1249. 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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