Scotland: ca. 1280-1286 silver penny of Alexander III, second coinage

Obverse: ✚ ALEXANDER DEI GRA, crowned head of Alexander III right, lis-topped scepter before.
Reverse: REX SCO TOR RVM ✚, long cross with six-pointed mullet (or voided star) in each angle. Straight sided lettering.
Issuer: Alexander III, King of Scotland (1249-1286).
Specifications: silver penny, 19.2 mm, 1.36 g. Second coinage, Class Ma. Edinburgh mint, struck circa 1280-1286.
Grade: PCGS XF45; cert. #43640588.
Reference: Numista-55480, Cf. Burns pl. XV, figs. 152-158; Spink-SCBC-5053.
Provenance: ex-Agora Auctions Numismatic Sale #100, Lot 242, 4 May 2021.* Prior provenance to the Wisdom Collection.
Notes: King Alexander III of Scotland died without a surviving heir. His granddaughter, Margaret, the Maid of Norway, only three years old at the time of his death, was made the presumptive heir under six regents called the Guardians of Scotland, but she herself died at age seven without being formally crowned as queen. The death of Alexander and his young female heir presumptive, and the subsequent period of chaos, was an indirect cause of the Wars of Scottish Independence against England. (The popular but heavily fictionalized film Braveheart is set during that period.)
Comments: I am of Scots-Irish descent, yet somehow I managed to lack a single Scottish coin in my collection for 45 years. So I was very pleased to acquire this one. Scotland's independent coinage ceased in 1709 after the Acts of Union with Great Britain, so Scottish coins are not something you see every day.

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