Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of Alexander II

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This is the obverse of a silver Alexander II penny, minted at Roxburgh between 1240 and 1250. The coin was worth one penny Scots.

The obverse bears a crowned head with a sceptre. The Latin inscription translates as 'King Alexander'.

For many years after his death, coins continued to be struck in the name of William I, 'The Lion'. Only quite near the end of the reign of his son and successor, Alexander II, were coins struck in the name 'Alexander' and all of these are rare.

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• Online ID: 000-100-051-325-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C873
• Date: 1240 - 1250
  Between 1240 and 1250
  
• Material: Silver; fairly worn. Inscription: Obv. Cross AL EXSANDERREX; crowned head to right with sceptre / Rev. Cross ANDRV : RICAR . ADAMONRO; Ns are reversed; various pairs of letters are combined; short voided cross with six-pointed star in each angle
  Coin Type: Stewart A
  Coin, sterling / penny
  
• Dimensions: 18.00 mm D / Die Axis: 8.0
  
• What: Coin Type: Stewart A
  Coin, sterling / penny
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: Adam (Maker)
  Alexander II
  Andru (Maker)
  Cochran-Patrick Collection
  Ricar (Maker)
  
• Where: Roxburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Alexander II silver sterling or penny by Andru Ricar Adam at Roxburgh, 1240 - 1250
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Burns (1877), 72 A 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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