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Scotland, David I, cut Halfpenny, Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury type, Carlisle, Erebald, bust three-quarters right with sceptre, +da [— – ], rev. ere[bald : on : c]ard, 0.63g/4h (Mattinson and Cherry, BNJ 2013, p.103, fig. 3, same dies; cf. N 910; cf. S 5001; cf. DNW 135, 876). Slightly bent, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £800-1,000

The present coin is a variant of North 910 which is described, in line with other references, as imitating the reverse of Henry I type XV, while having a left-facing profile on the obverse (cf. Stewart pl I, 6). However, the present specimen depicts a facing bust three-quarters right with a sceptre over the left shoulder, much closer in type to the English original and possibly representing the first coin struck in the name of a Scottish king. Two pennies from the same dies were sold in these rooms in September 2014 and March 2016. One other cut halfpenny is recorded