Coin (Obverse), a penny of Alexander III

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This is the obverse of a silver Alexander III penny minted between 1280 and 1286, possibly at Berwick. The coin was worth one penny Scots.

The obverse bears a crowned head with a sceptre. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Alexander, by the Grace of God'.

Alexander III's reign produced the most extensive of all medieval issues in Scotland. At the start of his reign, 16 mints were in operation around Scotland. His later coinage included round halfpennies and farthings for the first time.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-356-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C1298
• Date: 1280 - 1296
  Between 1280 and 1286
  
• Material: Silver; generally slight wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross ALEXANDERDEIGRA; ND combined; cross potent; crowned head to left with sceptre / Rev. REX / SEO / TOR / VM cross; slightly pattee plain cross; single long cross with a six-pointed mullet in each angle
  Coin Type: 2nd coinage, Burns Group I Class III, Stewart Class C, Stewart and North Class Ma
  Coin, penny
  
• Dimensions: 20.00 mm D / Die Axis: 8.0
  
• What: Coin Type: 2nd coinage, Burns Group I Class III, Stewart Class C, Stewart and North Class Ma
  Coin, penny
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: Alexander III
  
• Where: England, Northumberland, Berwick-upon-Tweed?
  
• Event:
• Description: Alexander III silver penny, Berwick?, 1280 - 1296
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Richardson (1901), 29 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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