Henry III Penny but which one?

[rmcsandhurst]

I was lucky enough today, to have walked over the hammered penny shown below. Especially pleased as all the other ones I have found this year have been in pretty poor condition (not that I don't love them).

I know it is a Henry III example but can anyone suggest a Spink reference?

Dave

[geoff]

I cant help any further with the id,but a lovely coin!

[alan charman]

its a silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272 AD), not certain who its minted by . Class 5b, 1251-1272 AD. North 992. you can tell by the dimple under the nose hope this helps :-) spinks 1368.

[Davidhod]

Good work... I've never found a whole one.

[Goldhunter]

The Vb's were minted in Durham by RICARD, which I think is the moneyer's name. BUT it looks like RICARD ON C to me, which would indicate Canterbury. Can anyone else help? I may be wrong...it may not be RICARD but it looks like it.

[alan charman]

your proberbly right with ric/ard/on/cant class 5b 's were minted at Bury, Canterbury, durham and London but theres no ricard at Bury, so must be Canterbury, durham or London.

[minty fresh]

Amazing coin well done what also is amazing is the knowlage of the people on these forums

[Kyle]

cracking coin - well done

[Steve_T]

Well saved Dave. I agree looks like¬Ricard- Canterbury 5b..or is it? with almond shaped eyes.

[rmcsandhurst]

what also is amazing is the knowledge of the people on these forums

I could not have put it better myself and I am truly grateful to all posters for the suggestions, discussion and final conclusion

Dave

[bigal13]

i'd say class 5c

[Randy Dee]

Hello Dave

Your coin is a Henry III Long Cross with a reverse legend RICARD ON CA which is Ricard @ Canterbury Mint and Ricard only minted Vg & Vh at Canterbury and the X of REX is of the Curule chair shaped type which makes it Spinks 1373 or 1374 Page 160, Mint info Page 161 in 2011 book.

Randy

[Tony Hunt]

Thats a cracker dave, I had one very similar condition last week that Im yet to photograph. Hope you found it with the CTX .

[rmcsandhurst]

Randy:

Thanks for the further thoughts on the ID. It's great how everyone pulls together and it's this kind of service that makes me consider that the modest "platinum fee" is a bargain.

Tony:
I was having a really difficult day with the CTX and I can only think that the extremely wet ground did not agree with the only programme I used that day (Gary's "coin harvester"). The only positive, steady signals I got were from rubbish items such as ring pulls. Maybe I should have tried using one of the programmes that you detailed in your last pm?

I found the hammered coin within 30 minutes of changing to the Deus (pardon my French ). Signals from this machine were very crisp and I dug plenty of small non-ferrous items.

Dave

[dave9]

Lovely coin,well found.

[Chris Hall]

Fantastic coin Dave! They don't come much better!

[essx craig]

its a transitional between 5g and 5h, Ricard at canterbury, there's so many variations that you do tend to get slight cross overs, the face has the appearance of 5h but the central fleur on the crown is of 5g

trying to add pictures but it wont let me