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

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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
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
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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