1 Penny - Henry III Long Cross type; class 1a
Features
| Issuer |
England
(United Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| King |
Henry III (1216-1272)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1247 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 1.37 g |
| Diameter | 17 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 322719 |
| References | Sp# 1358 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). Jeffrey James North. English Hammered Coinage. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Legend around crowned facing portrait without sceptre.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: hENRICVS : REX
Lettering (regular font): HENRICVS : REX
Translation: King Henry
Reverse
Legend around voided long cross, trefoil of pellets in angles.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ANG LIE TER CI
Lettering (regular font): ANG LIE TER CI
Translation: The Third of England
Mint
London, United Kingdom (650-1279)Comments
Long cross coinage (1247-79), Phase I (Pre-Provincial), Class Ia.
Mintmark: thin 6-pointed star over crescent, struck at the London mint only, 1247.
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.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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