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Description: | Silver.Halfpenny, Short Cross, probably John (1199-1216), Class 5a-6a1.Obverse description: Hair as two curls and pellets, beard rendered as fine strokes.Obverse inscription: (R)EX H(----);X is small and isolated, resembling class 6a1 description of flattened saltire. H heavily drawn..Reverse description: Voided short cross, four joined pellets in two quarters; figure like a T on its side below/part of penultimate letter.Reverse inscription: + (pattee) W?A(----)?M?IV; the latter uncertain. This suggests moneyer's name as Walter/Waltir.; working at mints in London (types 5c-6ci), Canterbury (types 6b2-6d, 6x, 7a), Lincoln (1b) or Northampton (classes 1, 3).The treatment of hair and beard suggests classes 5a1-6a2.Suggested dating of these classes: Medieval, 1204/5 to 1217-18.Notes draw on Wren 1992. Diameter: 17.85mm, Weight: 0.56gms.
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