Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class Mb2/R mule, mm. cross slightly fourchée on obv., cross pattée (?) on rev., bust left with wider hair, rev. long cross, four mullets of six points in angles, 1.39g/10h (SCBI 35, 232; B 70, fig. 183; S 5054/5055A). Very fine, the variety extremely rare
£150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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stray metal detector find, found near Leicester 2010; bt ABC Coins and Tokens January 2012

Class R is a minor (and extremely rare) variety pointed out by North and Stewartby in their 1990 BNJ article ‘Single Cross Sterlings of Alexander III’.