1280-86 Scotland Alexander III Silver Penny, Second Coinage - NGC VF25 - Scarce 13th Century Medieval Era Coin! S-5055.

SCOTLAND. Alexander III. 1249-1286. Hammered AR Penny. Second coinage. Struck circa 1280-1286. Crowned head left; scepter to left / Long cross pattée; mullet of six points in each quarter.


Alexander III of Scotland reigned from 1249 to 1286 CE. Succeeding his father Alexander II of Scotland (r. 1214-1249 CE) at the age of eight, the young king's early reign was blighted by rivalries between his nobles, a situation made more complex by the interference of Henry III of England (r. 1216-1272 CE) whose daughter Alexander had married. When the king took full control of his birthright in 1259 CE, things started to improve dramatically. There was a sustained period of peace and relative prosperity for Scotland. The king even managed to grab back the Western Isles and Man from Norwegian control. The kingdom was now at its greatest extent in the medieval period so far and so Alexander's reign was looked back on as a Golden Age for Scotland. Falling to his death in an accident in 1286 CE, Alexander left no male heir, and Scotland tumbled into a protracted period of dynastic turmoil.





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