A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class Mb2/R mule, mm. cross pattée, bust left with wider hair, rev. long cross, four mullets of six points in angles, distinctive looped r in rex and scotorvm, 1.36g/2h (BNJ 1990, p.47; SCBI 35, 232; B –, fig. –; S 5054/5055A). Of bright appearance, very fine, the reverse variety very 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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Great Western Auctions (Glasgow), 24-5 March 2017, lot 386 (part); DNW Auction 164, 9 October 2019, lot 2681 (part)

Out of records covering many hundreds of coins, the vendor knows of only a handful of class R pieces. Including this specimen, he has recorded three Mb2/R mules, a D2/R25 mule and two true coins.