Scottish Coins from the Collection of The Late Dr. James Davidson

Alexander III (1249-1286), Sterling, ‘Renfrew’, class III, Walter, walter on rin, 1.34g/3h (SCBI 35, 131-2; B fig. 93b; S 5043). Legends part flat and surface deposit on reverse but very fine, very rare (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Coins from the Collection of The Late Dr. James Davidson.

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Provenance:
Brussels Hoard 1908;
G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 778 [identified as Kinghorn].

The Drabble catalogue attribution by Albert Baldwin (from Dakers, PSAS 1936-7, pp. 411-3) is now confirmed (see ‘The Long Cross Sterlings of Kinghorn’ by R.W. Kirton and Lord Stewartby, NC 2000, pp.304-8)