SHROPSHIRE SHORT CROSS HOARD

*** September 2022 Update - The total coins recovered is now 46 ***

March 2018 - International Metal Detectorists discover medieval scattered short cross coin hoard at an undisclosed location in North Shropshire!

Finding a hoard is a metal detectorists dream and everyone involved in the discovery are very happy to have saved 800 years of history!

The coins date from 1180AD to 1247AD and were recovered by:
- Chris Langston (19 coins)
- Brandon Ray Neice (aka DrTones) (5 coins)
- Beau Ouimette (aka Aquachigger) (4 coins)
- Ken Cunliffe (aka Detectorist.com) (3 coins)
- Tim Saylor (aka Ringy) (1 coin)
- Kurt Franz (Hoover Boys) (1 coin)
- Jocelyn Elizabeth (aka Relic Recoverist) (1 coin)
- Others (12 coins)

Shropshire Finds Liaison officer Peter Reavill is dealing with the recording of the hoard.

When the short-cross penny was introduced in 1180, This style remained more or less unaltered until 1247, which gave both the coinage and the state a sense of stability. The practice of placing the moneyer's name and mint on the reverse continued, though the reduction in the number of mints enabled better quality control to be applied. The Tealby coins bear the obverse inscriptions HENRI REX ANG, HENRI REX AN, HENRI R ANG, HENRI REX, HENRI REX A, or HENRI REX — Henry King of England, or King Henry, while the short-cross pennies are inscribed HENRICUS REX. Short-cross coins were minted at Carlisle, Exeter, Lincoln, London, Northampton, Norwich, Oxford, Wilton, Winchester, Worcester, and York.