Todays metal detecting find was a Henry III penny (class 3) around 1247~1248

London mint, Moneyer Nicole.

Henry III (1216-72), silver voided long cross Penny, class 3b (1247-48), London Mint, moneyer Nicole, facing crowned head, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, commences at top, *hENRICVS REX. ANG, rev. long voided cross pommee, trio of pellets in each angle, NICOLE ON LON, weight 1.37g (N.987; S.1363). Lightly toned, a bold very fine.

The obverse Latin legend translates as “Henry King of England” and the reverse as “Nicole of London.”

In an effort to curtail clipping of the edges if coins, Henry III was the first to introduce a coinage where the reverse cross extended to towards the rim of the coin so any tampering of the edge would be more obvious to the casual observer. The new design having a voided cross pommée with groups of three pellets in each inner angle. The coinage running for a 32 year period from 1247 until 1279 in the reign of Edward I. The London Mint operated with up to 11 moneyers which was one more than the 10 at Canterbury and run through 5 different classes in this reign with multiple sub-classes and varieties, transitioning into two more later classes in the reign of Edward I.