David I of Scotland (1124-1153), Penny, Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury type, Erebald, bust three-quarters right with sceptre, david [—], rev. [ereb]ald : on : [ca]rd, 1.33g/5h (EMC 2004.0235; Mattinson and Cherry, BNJ 2013, p.103, fig. 3, this coin; BNJ Coin Register 2004, 353; cf. N 910; cf. S 5001). Slightly bent and with a small edge crack, otherwise nearly very fine and excessively rare, arguably the best of seven known specimens £6,000-8,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of the Carlisle Mint from the Collection of Peter Cherry.

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Provenance: Found in South Cumbria; bt M. Finlay May 2003

The present coin is a variant of North 910 which is described, in line with other references, as imitating the reverse of Henry I type XV, while having a left-facing profile on the obverse (cf. Stewart pl I, 6). However, the present specimen depicts a facing bust three-quarters right with a sceptre over the left shoulder, much closer in type to the English original and possibly representing the first coin struck in the name of a Scottish king. EMC lists two other coins of this type, a further two examples are in the British Museum and one was also in the Michael Anderson collection, as well as a cut halfpenny

There are two coins of this type in the BM and a third was in the Michael Anderson Collection, as well as a cut Halfpenny, making a total of 7 specimens known in all