1 Penny - Henry III Long Cross type; class 7 (Posthumous) 1275-1278

Weight

1.39 g

Diameter

19 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: more realistic busts (several varieties) with shorter hair reaching the King's nose

Back design

Legend around voided long cross, with triple pellets in quarters. Note: sometimes with Lombardic N's and V's

Year of Minting

1275-1278

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

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: hENRICVS REX III’ Reverse: PhE LIP ONL OND

Context

House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Coinage in the name of Henry III (1272-79), Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase IV (Posthumous), Class 7. 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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