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Description: | Medieval coin; struck silver short cross cut halfpenny of John or Henry III, class 6c2, dating to c.1216-1217. London mint, moneyer Abel. The coin has the distinctive unusual lettering of class 6c2 and the moneyer Abel is only known at the London mint.Obv. Crowned bust of king facing, holding sceptre. Crown and top right of head present.[H]ENRICV[S REX]Rev. Voided short cross with four pellets in each visible quadrantABEL.ON[.LVND]Diameter 18.8mm, thickness 0.6mm, weight 0.57gRefs: Wren 'The Short-cross Coinage 1180-1247' (pp. 58 [and pp. 27 for moneyer])North 'English Hammered Coinage' vol. I (pp. 222, no. 976/2)
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