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Unique ID: WAW-AD9404
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: A silver Scottish penny of Alexander III (1249-1286) minted between c. 1280 and 1286. Seaby No. 5050.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1280
Date to: Exactly AD 1286
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 19.44 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th September 2016 - Sunday 18th September 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Alexander III of Scotland
Type: Scottish: Alexander III Long Cross and Stars Second Coinage solid cross (S 5049 - 5059)
Obverse description: Bust facing left holding a sceptre.
Obverse inscription: ALEXANDER DEI GRA
Reverse description: Long cross with a mullet with 6-points in each quarter.
Reverse inscription: REX / SCO / TOR / VM
Die axis measurement: 3 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SP0964
Four figure Latitude: 52.27407975
Four figure longitude: -1.8695188
1:25K map: SP0964
1:10K map: SP06SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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