Henry III Halfpenny

[Mr_Stephen 0]

Hi all!

With the help of my trusty new Spink (thanks Clive!) I've tried to identify a hammered coin for the first time. See what you think. I'm going with a 1355A and a moneyer of Ravf. Not sure if that's London Ravf or Bury Ravf. Thoughts..?

[Coinery 1,156]

Blinkin' 'eck, Stephen, you do like a challenge, don't you! I'm cosied up in bed now, but I'm sure the coin will be precisely ID'd before the morning?

You're going to need something stronger than a Spink's in the future, me thinks!

[Rob 3,152]

On the basis of the obverse letter R I think we are looking at a class 7 here, but which sub-group I don't know. 7b is a possibility with the pellet on the chin. That doesn't answer your question as this moneyer struck at both London & Bury mints from class 6c-7b and presumably transferred on a regular basis as required. I think we can eliminate Rauf at Winchester who struck in class 5.

[Mr_Stephen 0]

Rob, my Spink tells me Bury Rauf only minted up to 7a. I had been expecting a Class 6 coin to be honest as I thought the beard was pretty detailed and didn't appear as degraded as one might expect the later examples to be. Is it definitely moneyed by a Rauf then? I couldn't find any other moneyers who might fit the extant inscription.

[Rob 3,152]

Rob, my Spink tells me Bury Rauf only minted up to 7a. I had been expecting a Class 6 coin to be honest as I thought the beard was pretty detailed and didn't appear as degraded as one might expect the later examples to be. Is it definitely moneyed by a Rauf then? I couldn't find any other moneyers who might fit the extant inscription.

Sorry, you are right. Rauf goes to 7a at Bury, 7b at London. The shape of the R is more akin to the 7a coins illustrated in North which still have reasonable beards. The pellet on the chin comes in 7b, which I assume the blob to be hence the indecision. RAUF or RAULF could well be the same person, as variations in the moneyers' names are encountered from time to time, but there is nothing else listed in North approximating to the ending.

[Peter 615]

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