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Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of David I

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Postcard of Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of David I.
000-100-054-566-C
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Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of David I

This is the obverse of a silver penny minted at Roxburgh between 1136 and 1153, during the reign of David I. The coin was worth one penny Scots.

The obverse bears a crowned bust with a sceptre. The Latin inscription translates as: 'King David'.

David I was the first Scottish king to issue coins following his capture of Carlisle, which gave him the city's mint and nearby silver mines. His coins were mostly struck at Carlisle, Berwick and Roxburgh, but there was also a mint at Edinburgh.


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Online ID: 000-100-054-566-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C4115
Date: 1136 - 1153
Between 1136 and 1153
Material: Silver; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross DAVIT . REX; crowned bust to right with sceptre / Rev. Cross hVGO : ON ROCAS; N reversed; cross fleury with large pellet in each angle
Dimensions: 21.00 mm D / Die Axis: 8.0
What: Coin Type: Burns Class I, Stewart type I a
Coin, sterling / penny
Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
Who: David I
Hugo (Maker)
Lockett Collection
Where: Roxburgh
Event:
Description: David I silver sterling or penny, by Hugo at Roxburgh, 1136 - 1153
References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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