Scotland, William the Lion Penny, Short cross Phase B, Hue / Walter value and date within wreath

value and date within wreath

arabesque ending under first A of OSTAFRIKA (KM 16

one foot on dragon

young head left with ribbon tie in hair

Toned with a uneven patina from once being in the soil

Scotland, William the Lion Penny, Short cross Phase B, Hue / Walter value and date within wreathScotland, William the Lion (1165 1218), silver Penny, posthumous issue under Alexander II, no mint name, Moneyers Hue and Walter, short cross and stars coinage (1195 1214), phase B (c. 1205 30), crowned head with sceptre left, legend and beaded border surrounding, +LE REI WIL A, rev. short voided cross patte, six pointed star in each angle, legend and beaded borders surrounding, +hVE: WALTER, weight 1. 59g (SCBI 35 [Scottish], 65; Burns 13d, fig. 49C;