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

Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class Bd/M mule, mm. cross potent on obv., cross pattée on rev., bust left with wide, oval eyes, reads gr’a, rev. long cross, four mullets of six points in angles, 1.42g/7h (SCBI 35, 187; cf. B 21, fig. 149 for rev.; S 5052/5053). Full, round, nearly extremely fine, attractively toned, the mule rare £200-£300

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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From the Middridge (Co Durham) Hoard, 1974; bt Spink February 1982

The high grade of this coin from the early 1280s suggests it was part of the ‘savings’ element of the hoard, put aside for many years before the hoard was buried, along with more worn currency coins some thirty years later.