A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part III)

Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, type VIII, Berwick, Walter, w[al] ter ber wik, pelleted crown, 1.55g/3h (SCBI 35, 166 and B 13, fig. 89, same obv. die; S 5048). Weak in places, good fine, reverse better, the combination of dies extremely rare £200-£260

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Bt August 2014

Apart from this specimen, this reverse reading and die are apparently unrecorded with a pelleted crown obverse.