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1 Lion - Robert III Heavy Coinage, 1st Issue
| Issuer | Kingdom of Scotland |
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| Year | 1390-1403 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | ROBERTVS ⠇DEI GRA : REX . SCOTORVM ⠇ (Translation: Robert, by the grace of God, King of Scots) |
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| Reverse lettering | XPC REGNAT XPX . VINCIT . XPC IMP (Translation: Christ reigns, Christ conquers, Christ commands) |
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Robert III was a physically incapacitated king who delegated most governance to his brother, the Duke of Albany, and his coinage reflects the administrative chaos of that arrangement. The Lion, Scotland's gold denomination, continued the weight standard established under his father Robert II, but the 1st Issue of the Heavy Coinage represents an early attempt at monetary stability before the progressive debasements that followed across the 15th century. Spink 5154 is among the rarest of Scottish medieval gold types — surviving examples are counted in the low dozens across institutional and private collections combined.