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Gold penny of Henry III

Image attached to CM.47-2007

An image of Coin. Penny. Henry III (1216-72), ruler. London mint. Willem, moneyer. Gold, height 22 mm, width 21 mm, weight 2.93 g, 1257. Medieval.

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Coin. Penny. Henry III (1216-72), ruler. London mint. Willem, moneyer. Gold, height 22 mm, width 21 mm, weight 2.93 g, 1257. Medieval.

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  • Accession Number: CM.2087-2001
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 251.79kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2053:01:15 13:54:20

Key words

Plantagenet Early Medieval london mint royalty Monarch gold _WF_OPAC_pending Henry III rulers currency monarchy Henry of Winchester coinage Middle Ages monarchs Fitz_CM Medieval kings _WF_KWD Willem King Henry III money House of Plantagenet legal tender 13th Century _WF_AdOK penny royal coin obverse

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