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Unique ID: SWYOR-552D48
Object type certainty: Certain
A Medieval Scottish coin; a penny of Alexander III (1249 - 1286 AD), second coinage (1280 - 1286), type D. The edge of the coin is damaged in one place. See Seaby Volume II number 5054.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Exactly AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1286
Dimensions and weight
Thickness: 0.75 mm
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 19.52 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Alexander III of Scotland [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Category: Scottish coins circa 1136 - 1540 [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Type: Scottish: Alexander III Long Cross and Stars Second Coinage solid cross (S 5049 - 5059) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Crowned bust left holding sceptre
Obverse inscription: ALEXANDER DE[I ...]
Reverse description: Long cross with a pierced mullet of six points in each angle
Reverse inscription: REX SCOTORVM
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
Parish: Wighill
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE4746
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Amy Downes
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Identified by: Ms Amy Downes - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1683
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Created:
Friday 10th February 2012
Updated: Friday 10th February 2012
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