fwo_352743 - SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - ALEXANDER III Penny n.d. Édimbourg
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 300.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 300.00 €
Type : Penny
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Édimbourg
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19, mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,40 g.
Coments on the condition:
La pièce est légèrement décentrée sur un flan irrégulier. Elle présente une belle patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ALEXANDER DEI GRA.
Obverse description : Tête couronnée à gauche d'Alexandre III d'Écosse ; devant lui le haut d'un sceptre fleurdelisé.
Obverse translation : (Alexandre, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + - REX - SCO - TOR - VM.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende, cantonnée de quatre molettes à 5 pointes.
Reverse translation : (Roi d'Écosse).
Historical background
SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - ALEXANDER III
(1249-1286)
Alexander III was born in 1241. From the age of eight he acceded to the throne of Scotland after the death of his father Alexander II in 1249. In 1286, on the death of Alexander III and the extinction of the first Scottish dynasty, King Edward I of England tried to impose himself on the Scots. This attempt failed because the Scots rallied to Robert I Bruce (1306-1329) who repelled the English at the Battle of Bannockburn (1314). Alliances were made with France, then a sworn enemy of the English.
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