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Penny - Civil War North-East and Scottish Border Variants

Issuer England
Year 1138-1153
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Currency Penny (924-1158)
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Obverse lettering STI[——]
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Edge Plain
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Struck during the Anarchy — the civil war fought between King Stephen and Empress Matilda — these pennies emerged from a period when central royal authority over minting had effectively collapsed. Regional barons and bishops established their own dies, often with minimal oversight from either claimant to the throne. The North-East and Scottish Border variants reflect the particular instability of that frontier zone, where David I of Scotland controlled substantial English territory after his military advances following the Battle of the Standard in 1138.

David struck coins in his own name from mints at Carlisle and elsewhere in occupied northern England, creating deliberate ambiguity about issuing authority that these border variants embody directly.

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