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Description: | A Medieval Scottish silver penny of William I of Scotland (1165 - 1214), Short Cross Phase B (c.1205 - 1230; Spink S5031). Moneyer: Henry le Rus; mint: Perth.The coin is 18.5mm diameter, 1mm thick and 1.4g. This coin appears to parallel Number 32b on page 88 of The Coinage of Scotland, Volume I, by Edward Burns.Phase B coins appear to have considerable variety. Burns 32b (fig 51b) is the only example so far identified with both matching obverse and reverse legends. The plates in Burns (Volume 3) are very unclear, butthe obverse design does appear to match this coin.The obverse legend (LE REI WILT) is also seen on LIN-6B5027, but the obverse design is different. It is also seen in a Baldwin's sale catalogue from 2013 available at http://www.baldwin.co.uk/media/cms/fixedpricelist/S2013/BALDWINS%20SUMMER%20FPL%202013%20-%2008%20-%20SCOTTISH%20and%20IRISH%20COINS.pdf, again, with a different obverse design.The reverse legend of HENRI LE RWS and the use of a W instead of a V is not seen on any coins already recorded on the PAS database, but is listed for Burns 32b.Burns does not attribute 32b to a mint but notes that only three mints are named on the Short Double Cross and Stars coins of William the Lion: Edinburgh, Roxburgh and Perth. Henri le Rus is only known to have minted at Perth from the coins naming mints, but many coins do not name mints. Burns suggests that other mints used previously (such as Berwick) continued to be used but were only identified by the number of points on the stars - a theory yet to be proved.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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