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

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Postcard of Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of Alexander III.
000-100-051-734-C
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Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of Alexander III

This is the obverse of a silver Alexander III penny minted between 1280 and 1296, 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: 000-100-051-734-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C1282
Date: 1280 - 1296
Between 1280 and 1296
Material: Silver; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross ALEXSANDERDEIG'CIA :; ND combined; cross potent; crowned head to left with sceptre / Rev. XES / COS / SIE : / REX; initial mark is an X with a pellet in each angle; single long cross with a six-poin
Dimensions: 19.00 mm D / Die Axis: 12.5
What: Coin Type: 2nd coinage, Burns Group I Class II, Stewart Class A, Stewart and North Class A1
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), Add 100 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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