A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class Ma/A mule, mm. plain cross on obv. only, bust left with little backsweep to hair, pellet after alexander, rev. long cross, four mullets of six points in angles, reads rex· :scot:torvm, 1.43g/6h (SCBI 35, –; cf. B 23, fig. 153; S 5053/5050). Slightly buckled, about very fine, extremely rare, the colon stop before scot apparently unrecorded £200-£300

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 October 2009

This coin again shows the transition between classes A and M, with the inclusion of punctuation in both legends.