Is This An Old Coin?

[blueleaf 0]

Hello

A couple of years ago whilst at a local park, I found what I think is an old coin... maybe?! Its quite thin and just under 2cm diameter and I'm pretty certain its silver.

Any thoughts? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

[Coinery 1,156]

Hello

A couple of years ago whilst at a local park, I found what I think is an old coin... maybe?! Its quite thin and just under 2cm diameter and I'm pretty certain its silver.

Any thoughts? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

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Your coin falls between the dates 1180-1247 so, yes, very old...it's a short-cross penny!

My apologies that I can't be more precise, there'll be others here who'll be able to see it more clearly and give it its full provenance!

[TomGoodheart 403]

Looks like a short cross hammered penny, though we'd need bigger photos to identify it better. It reads HENRIC[] so a King Henry (or maybe John).

About 800 - 850 years may have passed since it was made, so yeah, reasonably old.

[blueleaf 0]

Thank you so much for your quick replies. Apologies for the smallness of the photos - I was trying to get them under the 150kb size limit but think I shrunk them too much! Would you like to see bigger photos? (or maybe these coins are quite common and you see them all the time?!)

Thanks again

[Coinery 1,156]

Thank you so much for your quick replies. Apologies for the smallness of the photos - I was trying to get them under the 150kb size limit but think I shrunk them too much! Would you like to see bigger photos? (or maybe these coins are quite common and you see them all the time?!)

Thanks again

It's highly likely it's quite common, blueleaf, but, sad as it sounds, looking at new material (pieces) is just about what we live for on here!

Great that you've brought it here...bigger pictures would also be great!

There's a 'sticky' post in the beginners section that may help with posting better pictures!

You may have a really rare variety, you'll never know until you share the 'full picture' with us?

[TomGoodheart 403]

Sadly the bust (which would be a great help in deciding what you've got) is unclear. Which of course is a numismatic term for it .. being a mess!

However, I believe the reverse reads ABEL ON LVNDO[] (which is the name of the moneyer who struck it). This would make it a coin of John or Henry III as those are the only two kings he coined for.

Beyond that and without a recognisable bust it's pure guesswork. But the R in HENRICVS is quite ornate and looks like the illustration in Spink for type 6c (Spink 1355) making it Henry III (1216-72)

Though there are others here with more experience, so I'd wait for them to confirm or blow my idea out of the water before you view that as conclusive!

Oh, and welcome to predecimal!

[HistoricCoinage 147]

Welcome to the forum, blueleaf.

If you could post larger images that'd be great. You can host them on sites such as www.tinypic.com and then post them here. Hopefully we'll be able to help further.

[blueleaf 0]

Hello everyone

Thanks so much for all your replies and help. Sorry for not responding more quickly but I will try to upload bigger photos later for you to peruse!

Thanks again

[blueleaf 0]

Hello again

Here are some bigger better photos (I hope!)

Look forward to hearing your comments!

Thank you

[blueleaf 0]

And the other side!

[HistoricCoinage 147]

Unfortunately I'm not able to determine an exact class with that obverse.