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1 Penny - William I Phase A
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1195-1205 |
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| Currency | Pound Scots (1136-1707) |
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| Obverse description | Crude facing bust of King William I within a beaded inner circle, depicted in a highly stylised manner characteristic of late 12th-century Scottish hammered coinage. The king's face is rendered with pellet eyes and a mass of pellets or annulets representing the crown or hair. The surrounding legend, separated from the bust by the beaded border, reads WILLELMVS REX. The overall execution is rough, reflecting the variable quality typical of Phase A short-cross pennies struck at multiple provincial mints. |
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| Reverse description | Short voided cross pattée extending to the inner beaded circle, dividing the field into four quadrants, each containing a small six-pointed star or mullet. A second beaded border surrounds the design, and the outer legend bearing the moneyer's name runs between the two borders. The reverse composition is characteristic of the Scottish short-cross penny series, closely related to contemporary English Angevin coinage in its general layout, though struck with a notably cruder die. |
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| Mint | Edinburgh, Perth, Roxburgh |
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