Scotland, Alexander III Penny First coinage, Edinburgh Mint, Alexander
Scotland, Alexander III (1249-86), silver Penny, first coinage, long cross and stars (1250-1280), Type III, Edinburgh mint, moneyer Alexander, crowned profile bust left, small head with neat crown and sceptre, legend reads +ALEXANDER REX, the ER ligatured, rev. voided long cross, four stars of six points in angles, legend surrounds ALEX ON ED ED B, weight 1.48g (cf. SCBI 35 [Scottish], 112-13; B.134a; S.5043). Toned, soft in places as is the case with so many of the type III coins otherwise about very fine.
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Scotland, Alexander III (1249-86), silver Penny, first coinage, long cross and stars (1250-1280), Type III, Edinburgh mint, moneyer Alexander, crowned profile bust left, small head with neat crown and sceptre, legend reads +ALEXANDER REX, the ER ligatured, rev. voided long cross, four stars of six points in angles, legend surrounds ALEX ON ED ED B, weight 1.48g (cf. SCBI 35 [Scottish], 112-13; B.134a; S.5043). Toned, soft in places as is the case with so many of the type III coins otherwise about very fine.
