Add to albumThis is the reverse of a silver Alexander III penny minted between 1280 and 1286, possibly at Edinburgh. The coin was worth one penny Scots.
The reverse has a single long cross with a five-pointed mullet in each angle, one pellet in the 2nd quarter and two in the 4th. The Latin inscription translates as: 'King of Scots'.
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: 000-190-000-358-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C1385
- Date: 1280 - 1296
Between 1280 and 1286
- Material: Silver; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross ALEXAND . ERDEIGRA; ND combined; slightly potent plain cross; bar over 2nd R; crowned head to left with sceptre / Rev. REX / SCO / TOR / VM cross; slightly potent plain cross; single long cross with a five-p
Coin Type: 2nd coinage, Burns Group II Class II, Stewart Class E, Stewart and North Class E2
Coin, penny
- Dimensions: 19.50 x 18.50 mm D / Die Axis: 10.5
- What: Coin Type: 2nd coinage, Burns Group II Class II, Stewart Class E, Stewart and North Class E2
Coin, penny
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Alexander III
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh?
- Event:
- Description: Alexander III silver penny, Edinburgh?, 1280 - 1296
- References:
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- Richardson (1901), 44
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
- Translations:
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