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Description: | A silver medieval short cross penny, very worn, cross-struck on both faces and therefore very hard to identify. The coin has has been stamped with both the obverse and reverse designs on each face of the coin; on the reverse, the moneyer is illegible but one can read part of the 'Henricvs' of Henricvs Rex, the obverse legend. On the obverse the reverse die has been struck beneath the obverse one, so that many of the pellets of the reverse quarters are visible. It is possible that this was due to old dies being used, or that the flan was stuck to another flan and the result was a cross-struck coin.Stylistically the coin could belong to Class 6 - and possibly Classes 6b2 or 6c1; this would cover the kings John (AD 1199-1216) to Henry III (AD 1216-1272); Close inspection suggests John, and a date of AD 1213-1215 (North N975/2).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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