A Hoard of Fifteenth-Century Coins from Glenluce Sand-Dunes and their Context

Excavations south of Bernard Street, Leith, 1980

“…There are few known Scottish hoards buried in the 15th century, and this one belongs to a very rare type, consisting mainly of billon pennies, the 'small change' of the day. The only two similar hoards known are those discovered at Glenluce Sands, Wigtownshire, in 1956, and at Rhoneston, Dumfriesshire, in 1961(Stewart 1959Jope & Jope 1959;Stewart 1960;Stewart & Stevenson 1965). The Leith hoard has provided…”