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COIN
Unique ID: SF-2114E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Scottish long cross and stars penny of Alexander III, Type IV, c.1250-1280 AD. As Seaby no. 5044.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1280
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.24 g
Diameter: 18.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Alexander III of Scotland
Mint or issue place: St. Andrews
Type: Scottish: Alexander III Long cross and stars first coinage with voided cross (S 5042 - 5048)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left holding sceptre, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: ALEXANDER REX
Reverse description: Voided long cross dividing the legend, star of six points in each angle of the cross, all within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: TOM/AS:/ON/AN
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Haughley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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