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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 8275430, member: 86815&quot;]This was handy as it actually turned up today so couldn&#039;t be better for Medieval Monday.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461031[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461032[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Until I saw this coin on a German Auction site at the start of the month (Teutoburger ) I had never really given any thought to King Alexander III of Scotland.</p><p>Alexander III., 1249-1286</p><p>Penny o.J. (1280/1286), Berwick, Class 4.</p><p>From the limited research I have done. Alexander outwitted King Haakon of Norway by prolonging negotiations in respect of the Norwegian occupancy of the Islands when Haakon&#039;s fleet was in the Orkneys waiting to attack. Bad weather interceded as Alexander anticipated and the campaign failed with Haakon&nbsp; dying&nbsp; in the Orkneys bringing to an end his impressive rule of Norway of 46 years.</p><p>Alexander&#039;s three children predeceased him as did his wife and he died travelling on horseback in the dark riding to meet his new bride Queen Yolande de Dreux whom he hoped would give him an heir. His noblemen advised him not to venture out on dark night in terrible weather but he did, falling off his horse and breaking his neck.</p><p>My dilemma now is that this is the first Medieval or Ancient coin I have bought in a slab, albeit by accident not intent. I need to consider liberating it or leaving it as it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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