Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: SOM-A2FB8B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of David II of Scotland dating to the period c. AD 1333 - 1367 (Second coinage). Probably mint of Edinburgh. See Spink, 2003, Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands, p. 23, no. 5087.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1333
Date to: Circa AD 1367
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.05 g
Diameter: 18.02 mm
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference: SCC no. 016346
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: David II of Scotland
Type: Scottish: David II second coinage penny (S 5114 -5122)
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left, sceptre in front
Obverse inscription: DAVID DEI GRACIA
Reverse description: Long cross pattee, mullet of six points in each quarter
Reverse inscription: RE[X]/SCO/TTO/RVM
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.