A tall, thin king is shown wearing a fur cap and long tunic and long mantle, seated on a throne, which is bench-shaped with projecting ends and slides which slope inwards at the top, and a projecting footboard. His arms are extended, and he holds a sword in his right hand and an orb with a cross in his left.
Image description (reverse)
The reverse takes the form of an equestrian seal with a horse *courant*, with the king on horseback to *sinister*. He is wearing a chain mail hauberk with a hood and a conical helmet with nasal. His foot is curved over the stirrup. He holds a lance in his right hand, sloping forward with a pennon of three tails; a shield is suspended from his neck in front of his body, bearing its face with an irregular device and a sword on its left side to the viewer.
Legend (obverse)
WILLELMO DEO RECTORE REX SCOTTORVM (“William, by God’s rule king of the Scots”).
Legend (reverse)
WILLELMO DEO RECTORE REX SCOTTORVM (“William, by God’s rule king of the Scots”).
Catalogue
R/K/6/1
Notes
Dimensions: 3 1/8 in. (cf. Greenwell and Blair's measurement of76 mm., and the 83/82 mm. supplied by SCRAN)
SW I, p.3, nos. 10 and 11.
Durham 3078.
Scran ID: 000-180-001-724-C (obverse); 000-180-001-725-C (reverse).