Silver coin, penny. Obv: head of king to r., crowned. Rev: Long cross pommee with star in each angle.
Inscription: Obv: ALEXANDER.REX. Rev: RAI NIL DOI ABE
From a collection of items from Coull Castle. Museum's Slip Catalogue: 'medieval relics from Coull Castle. Was found in the South door of domestic range.'
Set of steel lancets, set into horn handles, with a brass container. Used by the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth LLD (1768-1843) for vaccinations against smallpox in the parish of Belhelvie.
5 flint flakes, burned. One is a probable thumbnail scraper. Found in 1904 among the cremated bones in an urn at the farm of Seggiecrook. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue' records 6 flints, one is now missing.
Bead / toggle, in bone, perforated bobbin shape. Found amongst cremated material in an urn at Seggiecrook, 13th March 1907. This bead is very similar to one found in an urn at mains of Carnousie (see ABDUA: 14787). The urn (ABDUA: 19729) was…