Cameron Maclean
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Cameron Maclean
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SGSAH PhD student at the University of Glasgow researching Scottish, English and British coins. Details: https://www.gla.ac.uk/pgrs/cameronmaclean/
Mark Antony appears on the other side of the coin that depicts Cleopatra. The large coin on the right is a decadrachm of Syracuse. It's widely considered to be one of the most beautiful coins ever struck.
October 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The edge of the gold twopence. It's slightly thinner than the circulating copper version.
September 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
More die cracks can be seen on the reverse.
September 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The small die cracks on the coin indicate that it was struck from old dies sometime after 1797.
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Close up of the coin weights in their recesses and the balance scales. I’m assuming the string isn’t original? The small lid in the top right corner opens to reveal a bunch of smaller weights. These will have been used to test how much a coin deviated from its correct weight.
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A print pasted to the underside of the lid depicts various coin weights and their corresponding coins’ values in Dutch(?) currency. It also shows two merchants and a skeleton, perhaps a depiction of Death striking down a dishonest merchant?
September 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The reverse depicts the arms of these four kingdoms and a Latin inscription that translates to: 'Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered'. This inscription had appeared on many earlier Scottish coins, including those of James III and Mary Queen of Scots.
September 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The coin's full Latin inscription translates to: ‘George, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire’.
September 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The reverses:
September 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It weighs just over a gram. It’s about the same diameter as a modern 1p coin but much thinner.
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Obverse at a different angle
September 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The reverse
September 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It's common for the period. You often see later 17th century-18th century British monarchs depicted in the same style on statues, engravings etc.
September 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here's gold £5 coins of George III (1820), George IV (1826) & William IV (1831) that also show the alternating portrait tradition.
September 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
From top to bottom, left to right: a halfcrown of Charles II, James VII/II, William II/III & Mary II, William II/III alone, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI & Elizabeth II. All are silver except for the last.
September 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Cameron Maclean
The 9th Scottish coinage alongside James's 2nd English coinage, both of which were authorised in 1604 & formed part of the Anglo-Scottish monetary union. The two smallest silver coins would've circulated as a halfpenny Sterling in England and as sixpence Scots in Scotland.
August 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM