with a great provenance stretching back 300 years
holding a tunny by its tail in her right hand
edge milled (L&S 1
linear and beaded border surrounding both sides
Made in Spain
Scotland, Alexander III Penny, 1st coinage type 3, Aberdeen, Alexander with a great provenance stretchingScotland, Alexander III (1249 86), silver Penny, first coinage, long voided cross and stars (1250 1280), Type III, Aberdeen mint, moneyer Alexander, crowned profile bust left, small head with neat crown, legend reads +ALEXANDER REX, the ND ligatured, rev. voided long cross, four stars of six points in angles, legend surrounds ALEX ON ABIRD, weight 1. 48g (SCBI 35 [Scottish], 97 a; Lockett 50a; Burns type V, 47, fig. 135; S. 5043). Rich cabinet tone,