Groat (Third Coinage, Type 2 : David II)
Designer
Bonagius
Issuer
King David II
(Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Scotland, 1324 - 1371)
Date1368 - 1371
Object NameGroat
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsCoins
DimensionsOverall: Diameter: 28 mm
Max.: Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: Weight: 4.3 gm
Max.: Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: Weight: 4.3 gm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1947 by Innes W T Kilgour.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS011914
About MeObverse: crowned bust (l.) of 'Robert II' type with pellet eye; sceptre with star at bottom end; tressure of 6 arcs around king's head with trefoils between arcs; double saltire stops in inscriptionReverse: long single cross; 2 circles of inscript.; mullet of 5 points, with rosette in centre, in each angle of cross
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