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№ 25

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24 January 2024

Hammer Price:
£220

Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class Bd, mm. cross potent, bust left with wide, oval eyes, rev. long cross, four mullets of six points in angles, 1.40g/11h (SCBI 35, 188; B 2, fig. 142; S 5052). Full, round, very fine and toned, rare as a true coin £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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bt ABC Coins and Tokens March 2004

The vendor estimates that true class Bd coins represent only one in five of coins with Bd obverses, the other 80% being Bd/M mules. This would seem to place this variety at the end of the class B sequence.