A Collection of Scottish Coins The Property of a Gentleman (Part II)

William the Lion (1165-1214), Short Cross and Stars coinage, Phase B, Sterling, Phase B, class VI, no mint name, Walter Hue, crude bust left with sceptre, willelmvs re+, rev. wevtere hv, short voided cross, four stars of six points in angles, 1.36g/12h (Jones & Sugden dies 3-D; SCBI 35, –; cf. B 29 and fig. 64, same dies; S 5029). Fine or nearly so, 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 Edinburgh 2012, bt January 2013

The few specimens known of this type are mostly in fairly poor condition.