Reino Unido : Monedas [Serie: 1216~1272 - 24th King Henry III "of Winchester" | Fecha última emisión: 1249 | Valor Facial: 1 | Espesor: Desconocido] : Colnect 🪙
King doesn't hold a sceptre.
Obverse legend begins at 12 o'clock.
Start of obverse legend is marked by a star.
Moneyer is named on reverse.
King's regnal number shown as III (on obverse).
King's hair-curls depicted by pellet-in-crescent motifs.
The chin is more rounded and the face is longer.
Usually four (but sometimes three or five) small pellets make up the beard between the lower curl and the chin pellet on each side.
No neck lines are present.
There is usually a pellet stop between REX y III.
Two varieties:
1: Normal X with two straight limbs, as illustrated
2: Distinctive X with one straight limb and one S-shaped limb, formed by two crescent-shaped punches