The king is shown sat on a richly-decorated throne with side panels with uprights terminating in fleurs-de-lys. He has long hair, a beard and a moustache, and wears a small crown with three fleurs-de-lys, and a loose garment with sleeves to the elbows, and a mantle. He is holding a sceptre with a *foliated* top in his right hand, and the cords of his mantle in his left, on his chest. His feet rest on two small *wyverns* on the footboard. The background is covered in *slipped trefoils*.
Image description (reverse)
The reverse shows the king on horseback to *sinister*, wearing chain mail with a loose surcoat, a flat-topped helmet with grated sight slits, and a fan plume. He holds a grooved sword in his right hand, and a shield emblazoned with royal arms hangs from his shoulders. The horse has a fan plume on its head and spikes on its shoes, as well as stiff armorial *caparisons* at the front and back, with no opening for the tail. The background is covered in *slipped trefoils*.
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/8/2
Notes
This matrix was in use c.1265 onwards.
Other details: beaded borders.
Dimensions: 3 7/8 in. (cf. Greenwell and Blair's measurement of 95 mm. and SCRAN's measurement of 103 mm.).
SW I, p.5, nos. 16 and 17.
Durham 3080.
Scran ID: 000-180-001-782-C (obverse).