Scotland Alexander III AR Penny
                             Item # 1349315646
US $36.00
May-04-02


Scotland, Alexander III, 1249-1286 AR Penny (17x18mm), F, Seaby 5055. Obv.
ALEXANDER DEI GRA, croned bust left, holding scepter. REv. REX SCOTORVM,
long cross with a star in each angle. The coin is gray on a slightly small
flan. Legends are virtually full, but many letters are partially cut off by
the flan. The portrait shows detail in the crown, but little in the face.
The is a tiny indentation near the ear and there is ghosting on the
portrait from the cross on the reverse. Alexander's death left confusion
concerning a monarch in Scotland, which allowed King Henry II of England to
intervene, and some of the events during this period of confusion are
depicted in the movie "Braveheart."