Depiction of the king seated on a throne and wearing a girdled tunic and loose mantle fastened at the shoulders; he has a bare head. Both arms are extended from the elbows, and the king holds an upright sword in his right hand, and an orb surmounted with a long cross with *knops* on the stem in his left. The throne is bench-shaped, with ornamentation in the front, a rectangular footboard and a branch of foliage on either side.
Image description (reverse)
The reverse takes the form of an equestrian seal with a horse *passant*, with the king on horseback to *sinister*. He is wearing chain armour with a surcoat, and a flat-topped helmet with *aventail* over face; he is wearing spurs and his foot is straight in the stirrup. His right hand is extended backward holding a grooved sword; a pear-shaped shield is suspended from shoulders, bearing arms on a lion *rampant*. A lion *contournée* is emblazoned on the saddle cloth.
Legend (obverse)
ALEXANDER DEO RECTORE REX SCOTTORVM (“Alexander, by God’s rule king of the Scots”).
Legend (reverse)
ALEXANDER DEO RECTORE REX SCOTTORVM (“Alexander, by God’s rule king of the Scots”).
Catalogue
R/K/7/1
Notes
Dimensions: 3 ½ in. (cf. Greenwell and Blair's measurement of 86 mm. and SCRAN's measurement of 93 mm. ) diameter.
SW I, p.4, nos.12-13A.
Durham 3079.
Scran ID: 000-180-001-726-C (obverse); 000-180-001-727-C (reverse).