MEDIEVAL COIN

1251

Voided long-cross coin of Henry III, 1251-72, Class 5a3, North no. 991/3.OBVERSE: Crown has a central element composed of three pellets attatched to the main band by lines, and at each end is a half-fleur. The Eyes are round with a central circular pellet within them, and the hair consists of two curls on either side of the face, each with a central pellet. The portrait includes a hand with sceptre dividing the obverse legend of HENRICVS REX/IIIREVERSE: A voided long-cross divides the central field into 4 segments, each segment contains three pellets. The legend reads RIC/ARD/ON L/VND