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The short cross series replaced the Henry II Tealby coinage in 1180 and lasted until 1237 in the reign of Henry III when it was replaced by the voided long cross coinage. Class nomenclature and chronology used here is that of Mass (2002). Dates shown on the icons below represent the coinage period, not necessarily the same as the monarchs' reign. The irregular issues from the Rhuddlan mint have been given their own section.
BNJ References: Short Cross General Refs. Short Cross Finds
N.M. McQ. Holmes, |
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‘Additions to the Bush Moor hoard’, 79 (2009), 229 |
N.M. McQ. Holmes, |
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‘A probable Short Cross purse hoard from Dumfriesshire [Bush Moor]’, 74 (2004), 181-83 |
P. Gittoes and N. J. Mayhew, |
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‘Short Cross sterlings from the Rotenfels hoard’, 53 (1983), 19-28 |
D. Brand and J. Duplessy, |
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‘A parcel from the Montpellier (1934) hoard’, 47 (1977), 77-91 |
Dumas and J. D. Brand, |
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‘The British Coins in the Gisors (1970) Hoard, 40 (1971), 22-43 |
Yvon, |
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Esterlins á la Croix Courte dans les Trésors Francais de la Fin du XIIc et de la Premiére Moitié du XIIIc siécle, 39 (1970), 24-58, 2 pls.; English summary, 59-60 |
M. Lewis, |
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‘A Short Cross Hoard from Wrexham’, 39 (1970), 19-23 |
M. Metcalf, |
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‘The Short Cross coins in the Ras Shamra hoard of 1966’, 38 (1969), 188-89 |
R. H. M. Dolley, |
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‘An unpublished London find of early thirteenth-century pennies’, 36 (1967), 193-95 |
R. H. M. Dolley, |
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‘A Small Find of the Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Pennies from Tullintowell’, 35 (1966), 113-15 |
D. Brand and J. D. A. Thompson, |
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‘A Worcestershire hoard of Short Cross pennies’, 34 (1965), 86-89, pl. |
D. Brand, |
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‘Another small parcel from the great find at Eccles’, 33 (1964), 172-73 |
D. Brand and R. H. M. Dolley, |
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‘Two “new” Yorkshire hoards of Short Cross pennies’, 32 (1963), 94-98 |
R. H. M. Dolley, |
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‘A note on the chronology of some published and unpublished “short cross” finds from the British Isles’, 29 (1958-59), 297-321 |
R. H. M. Dolley, |
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‘A little-known Swedish publication of an important find of thirteenth-century English pence’, 27 (1952-54), 359-61. [Follingbo, Norrbys hoard] |
R. H. M. Dolley, |
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‘A small parcel from the great find of Eccles’, 27 (1952-54), 358-59 |
Lord Stewartby, |
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‘Robert Vi’, 75 (2005), 172-73 |
B.J. Cook, |
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‘A new moneyer of the Short Cross coinage from Wilton and some thoughts on the Wilton and Winchester mints in class 1a’, 82 (2012), 220-3. |
M. Allen, |
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‘The Quantity of money in England 1180-1247: New data’, 75 (2005), 44-49 |
J. P. Mass, |
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‘Three Short Cross problems’, 69 (1999), 204-07, 2 pls. |
J. P. Mass, |
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‘Die links for the London mint in Short Cross classes IVc and Va1’, 65 (1995), 221-23, pl. |
M. Allen, |
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‘The Chronology of Short Cross Class Ia’, 63 (1993), 53-58 |
J. P. Mass, |
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‘Of Dies, Design Changes and Square Lettering in the Opening Phase of the Short Cross Coinage’, 63 (1993), 20-52, 6 pls. |
N. Mayhew and A. Smith, |
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‘Another round Short Cross halfpenny’, 60 (1990), 136, pl. |
M. R. Allen, |
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‘The Provision and Use of Dies for Short Cross Class V’, 59 (1989), 46-76, 3 pls. |
I. Stewart, |
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‘King John's Recoinage and the Conference of Moneyers in 1208’, 59 (1989), 39-45 |
J. J. North, |
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‘A Re-Examination of Classes 7 and 8 of the Short Cross Coinage’, 58 (1988), 25-39, 2 pls. |
M. R. Allen, |
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The Carlisle and Durham Mints in the Short Cross Period, 49 (1979), 42-55, 4 pls. |
I. Stewart, |
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‘English coinage in the later years of John and the minority of Henry III’, 49 (1979), 26-41, 4 pls.; 51 (1981), 91-106 |
C. E. Blunt and J. D. Brand, |
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‘Mint Output of Henry III’, 39 (1970), 61-66, pl. |
J. D. Brand and F. Elmore Jones, |
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‘The Emergency Mint of Wilton in 1180’, 35 (1966), 116-19, pl. |
J. D. Brand |
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The Short Cross coins of Rhuddlan, 34 (1965), 90-97, 2 pls. |
F. Elmore Jones, |
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‘Norwich or Northampton - a “shortcross” problem’, 33 (1964), 70-72, pl. |
J. D. Brand, |
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‘Some Short Cross questions’, 33 (1964), 57-69 |
F. Elmore Jones, |
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‘The Last Short-Cross issue of Henry III (Class 8), 25 (1945-48), 286-90 |
L. A. Lawrence, |
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‘LONDE or LVNDE CIVITAS’, 23 (1938-41), 201-03 |
W.J. Andrew, |
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‘Two tragedies, a mediæval charm, and a note on the mint of Rhuddlan’, 15 (1919-20), 61-72. [Rhuddlan mint, pp. 70-72] |
L. A. Lawrence, |
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The Short Cross coinage, 1180 to 1247’, 11 (1915), 59-100, 4 pls. |
Other References - The key reference work to the short cross series is the book "J.P.Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247", Vol 56 Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, vol.56, 2002. Unfortunately now out of print. (Book cover)

