Add to albumThis is the obverse of a silver penny minted 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, very poorly executed. The partially blundered Latin inscription reads backwards and 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: 000-100-051-110-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C658
- Date: 1136 - 1153
Between 1136 and 1153
- Material: Silver; fairly worn. Inscription: Obv. . X R : TIVA :; R reversed; blundered lettering; crowned bust to right with sceptre (very poor workmanship) / Rev. Cross H [ ] NRV :; blundered lettering; cross fleury with pellet on stalk in two opposite angles, sta
Coin Type: Burns Class II, Stewart Group II B / C variation
Coin, sterling / penny
- Dimensions: 20.00 x 21.00 mm D / Die Axis: 11.5
- What: Coin Type: Burns Class II, Stewart Group II B / C variation
Coin, sterling / penny
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Bute Hoard, 1863
David I
- Where: Scotland, Bute, Isle of Bute
Unknown
- Event:
- Description: David I silver sterling or penny, 1136 - 1153
- References:
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- Richardson (1901), 10
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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