Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of Malcolm IV ('Canmore')

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This is the obverse of a silver penny minted at Roxburgh between 1153 and 1165, during the reign of Malcolm IV ('Canmore'). The coin was worth one penny Scots.

The obverse bears a crowned bust between two sceptres. The Latin inscription translates as: 'King Malcolm'.

The coins of Malcolm's reign are all extremely rare and the only known mints are Roxburgh and, possibly, Berwick. It may have been that coins in the name of his father, David I, continued to be struck during his reign.

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• Online ID: 000-100-051-125-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C673
• Date: 1153 - 1165
  Between 1153 and 1165
  
• Material: Silver; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross MALCOLM : REX; crowned bust facing, between two sceptres / Rev. Cross HVGO : ON ROCABVRG; cross fleury on lozenge fleury
  Coin Type: Stewart IIb
  Coin, sterling / penny
  
• Dimensions: 20.50 x 20.00 mm D / Die Axis: 12.5
  
• What: Coin Type: Stewart IIb
  Coin, sterling / penny
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: Cochran-Patrick Collection
  Hugo (Maker)
  Largs Collection
  Lockett Collection
  Malcolm IV
  
• Where: Roxburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Malcolm IV silver sterling or penny by Hugo at Roxburgh, 1153 - 1165
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Burns (1877), 22 A 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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