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

Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, ‘post-Brussels A’, Berwick, Iohan, ioh an on ber, pelleted hair (two rows), pellet after rex, 1.34g/1h (SCBI 35, –; cf. B 15, fig. 91; cf. S 5048). Neatly struck on a round flan (this slightly buckled), good very fine and rare thus £300-£360

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

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DNW Auction 145, 13-14 March 2018, lot 498

This is a rare issue which post-dates the deposit of the Brussels hoard in the mid-1260s and seems to be exclusive to the moneyer Iohan striking at Berwick. Lord Stewartby in various articles detailed a sequence of varied styles, busts and letter forms found on Alexander III 1st Coinage pennies, Types 1 - VIII. These types derive from the study of the Brussels Hoard. This rare issue, found in neither the Brussels or the Colchester Hoards, he designated Post Brussels A. The portrait and crown vary markedly from coins of the earlier series and appear to partly derive from continental copies of earlier Scottish sterlings.