Rights Holder: Hampshire Cultural Trust
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Unique ID: HAMP-95A4C9
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval Scottish silver penny of Alexander III (1249-86), second coinage, struck c. 1280 -1286 AD. Uncertain mint, possibly Berwick. Spink no. 5052.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Circa AD 1286
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.31 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2016 - Monday 29th February 2016
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Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 258
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Alexander III of Scotland
Mint or issue place: Berwick
Type: Scottish: Alexander III Long Cross and Stars Second Coinage solid cross (S 5049 - 5059)
Obverse description: Crowned head left
Obverse inscription: ALEXANDER DEI GRA + (ND ligated)
Reverse description: Solid long cross, 6-pointed mullet in each angle
Reverse inscription: REX/SCO/TOR/VM+
Die axis measurement: 11 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Spink and Son Ltd | 2003 | Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 17 | 5052 |