COIN
Unique ID: DOR-AF5F65
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A penny of Alexander III of Scotland. REX SCOTORVM (long cross with mullet in each angle) reverse.
Reference: Spink, cf. no. 5054
Date: Medieval - 1280 - 1286
Diameter: 17.95 mm
Weight: 1.11 g
Die axis: 12
Class: Penny
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1286
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 1.11 g
Diameter: 17.95 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st August 2010
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Ciorstaidh
Hayward Trevarthen
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Identified by: Ms Ciorstaidh
Hayward Trevarthen - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: scms entry 021756
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny [
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Ruler/issuer: Alexander III of Scotland [
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Category: Scottish coins circa 1136 - 1540 [
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Type: Scottish: Alexander III Long Cross and Stars Second Coinage solid cross (S 5049 - 5059) [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Obverse description: Profile bust, right, crowned and holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: ALEXANDER DEI GRA
Reverse description: Long cross with mullet in each angle
Reverse inscription: REX SCOTORVM
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West
County: Dorset
District: West Dorset
Parish: Tolpuddle
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY7894
Four figure Latitude: 50.745184 Four figure longitude: -2.313178
1:25K map: SY7894
1:10K map: SY74NE
WOEID: 26353428
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
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Created:
Monday 9th January 2012
Updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
