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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7914871, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Scotland: silver penny of Alexander III, second coinage, ca. 1280-1286</b></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453434[/ATTACH]</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse: ✚ </b>ALEXANDER DEI GRA<b>, </b>crowned head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Scotland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Scotland" rel="nofollow">Alexander III</a> right, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" rel="nofollow">lis</a>-topped <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceptre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceptre" rel="nofollow">scepter</a> before.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse: </b>REX SCO TOR RVM ✚, long cross with six-pointed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(heraldry)#Terminology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(heraldry)#Terminology" rel="nofollow">mullet</a> (or voided star) in each angle. Straight sided lettering.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuer: </b>Alexander III, King of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_in_the_High_Middle_Ages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_in_the_High_Middle_Ages" rel="nofollow">Scotland</a> (1249-1286).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Specifications: </b>silver penny, 19.2 mm, 1.36 g. Second coinage, Class Ma. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Edinburgh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Edinburgh" rel="nofollow">Edinburgh</a> mint, struck circa 1280-1286.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade: </b><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/43640588" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/43640588" rel="nofollow">PCGS XF45</a>; cert. #43640588.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference: </b><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55480.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55480.html" rel="nofollow">Numista-55480</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf." rel="nofollow">Cf.</a> Burns pl. XV, figs. 152-158; Spink-SCBC-5053.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance:</b> ex-Agora Auctions Numismatic Sale #100, Lot 242, 4 May 2021.<a href="https://agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/51236/0/archive" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/51236/0/archive" rel="nofollow">*</a> Prior provenance to the Wisdom Collection.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes: </b>King Alexander III of Scotland died without a surviving heir. His granddaughter, Margaret, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret,_Maid_of_Norway" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret,_Maid_of_Norway" rel="nofollow">Maid of Norway</a>, only three years old at the time of his death, was made the presumptive heir under six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent" rel="nofollow">regents</a> called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_of_Scotland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_of_Scotland" rel="nofollow">Guardians of Scotland</a>, but she herself died at age seven without being formally crowned as queen. The death of Alexander and his young female heir presumptive, and the subsequent period of chaos, was an indirect cause of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence" rel="nofollow">Wars of Scottish Independence</a> against England. (The popular but heavily fictionalized film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart" rel="nofollow">Braveheart</a></i> is set during that period.)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Comments: </b>I am of Scots-Irish descent, yet somehow I managed to lack a single Scottish coin in my collection for 45 years. So I was very pleased to acquire this one. Scotland's independent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_coinage" rel="nofollow">coinage</a> ceased in 1709 after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" rel="nofollow">Acts of Union</a> with Great Britain, so Scottish coins are not something you see every day.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453441[/ATTACH]</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="1"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="1">031680R</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7914871, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Scotland: silver penny of Alexander III, second coinage, ca. 1280-1286[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]1453434[/ATTACH] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Obverse: ✚ [/B]ALEXANDER DEI GRA[B], [/B]crowned head of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Scotland']Alexander III[/URL] right, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-lis']lis[/URL]-topped [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceptre']scepter[/URL] before. [B]Reverse: [/B]REX SCO TOR RVM ✚, long cross with six-pointed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(heraldry)#Terminology']mullet[/URL] (or voided star) in each angle. Straight sided lettering. [B]Issuer: [/B]Alexander III, King of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_in_the_High_Middle_Ages']Scotland[/URL] (1249-1286). [B]Specifications: [/B]silver penny, 19.2 mm, 1.36 g. Second coinage, Class Ma. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Edinburgh']Edinburgh[/URL] mint, struck circa 1280-1286. [B]Grade: [/B][URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/43640588']PCGS XF45[/URL]; cert. #43640588. [B]Reference: [/B][URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55480.html']Numista-55480[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf.']Cf.[/URL] Burns pl. XV, figs. 152-158; Spink-SCBC-5053. [B]Provenance:[/B] ex-Agora Auctions Numismatic Sale #100, Lot 242, 4 May 2021.[URL='https://agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/51236/0/archive']*[/URL] Prior provenance to the Wisdom Collection. [B]Notes: [/B]King Alexander III of Scotland died without a surviving heir. His granddaughter, Margaret, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret,_Maid_of_Norway']Maid of Norway[/URL], only three years old at the time of his death, was made the presumptive heir under six [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent']regents[/URL] called the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_of_Scotland']Guardians of Scotland[/URL], but she herself died at age seven without being formally crowned as queen. The death of Alexander and his young female heir presumptive, and the subsequent period of chaos, was an indirect cause of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence']Wars of Scottish Independence[/URL] against England. (The popular but heavily fictionalized film [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart']Braveheart[/URL][/I] is set during that period.) [B]Comments: [/B]I am of Scots-Irish descent, yet somehow I managed to lack a single Scottish coin in my collection for 45 years. So I was very pleased to acquire this one. Scotland's independent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_coinage']coinage[/URL] ceased in 1709 after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707']Acts of Union[/URL] with Great Britain, so Scottish coins are not something you see every day.[/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]1453434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453441[/ATTACH] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=1] 031680R[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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