King Henry III Silver Farthing Henri of Canterbury
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This is a medieval silver farthing of King Henry III, struck at the Canterbury mint between 1247 - 1272 AD.
Obverse: HENRICVS REX "King Henry" Legend around crowned facing portrait, with sceptre in right hand.
Reverse: HENRI.ON.CANTE "Henri of Canterbury"
This coin started life as a penny, but it was necessitated in trade to chop the coins into smaller fractional denominations as halfpennies and farthings. These coins were legal tender and a halfpenny was simply a penny cut in half, whilst farthings (four things) were divided into four parts.
DENOMINATION: Farthing
CULTURE: Medieval England
MONARCH: Henry III
DATE: 1216 - 1272 AD
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 8mm x 9mm
WEIGHT: 0.33 grams
ATTRIBUTION: Spink 1356B
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection, in Cambridgeshire.
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Avon, United Kingdom