A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, type IIIb, Perth, Ion Cokin, ion co rin onp’, ‘scissors’ x, 1.49g/11h (cf. SCBI 35, 129-130; B 39, fig. 112, same obv. die; S 5043). About very fine but part flat £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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Bt Edinburgh Coin Shop, c. 1982

Originally read as Corin, it has been suggested that the moneyer may have been one Iohannes Cokyn who was witness to a land charter in 1240 and an ex-Provost of the burgh.