Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class D1/E mule, mm. cross potent, lettering incurved, bust left, rev. long cross, two mullets of six points, two stars of seven in angles, 1.36g/11h (SCBI 35, –; B 56/55, fig. 163/162; S 5057/5056). Sometime cleaned, very fine and unusually well struck for this issue £100-£120

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

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Reported to have been a stray metal-detector find from 2005. Found on a footpath following an old (now dry) waterway between Southampton and Winchester; bt eBay January 2006

The vendor notes the unusual lettering on the obverse of this coin. The first two as are unbarred, the third is from a punch normally found on coins of class E. He knows of no other die with unbarred as or with a class E a punch