A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, class VIII, Perth, Rainald, rai nal dde per, tufted crown, 1.07g/12h (SCBI 35, 169 same dies; B –, fig. 103A, same dies; Lockett 776a, same dies; S 5048). Nearly very fine but weak on portrait, very rare £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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DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 266 (part)

Perth was the second largest mint at the period but it seems to have closed early in the sequence of type VIII issues, leaving only Berwick to maintain coin production for the next 25 years or so. The reverse reading ‘de’ instead of ‘on’ is rare and unusual and is found on only two dies - both die-linked through a common obverse to the Berwick moneyers Arnold and Walter.