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

Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class Ma/B mule, mm. cross pattée, bust left, rev. long cross, four mullets of six points in angles, distinctive looped r in rex and scotorvm, 1.36g/2h (SCBI 35, –; B xx, fig. 158; S 5053/5052). Of bright appearance, obverse about very fine but struck from a rusty die, reverse better £80-£100

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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Great Western Auctions (Glasgow), 24-5 March 2017, lot 380 (part); DNW Auction C185, 1 December 2020, lot 505 (part)

In the opinion of the vendor, this combination of dies is rarer than suggested in the Stewartby/North study, where it is described as ‘plentiful’.