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Auction 145 13-14 Mar 2018
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Scottish Coins from Various Properties
SCOTTISH COINS, Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, type Ia (Short cross Phase E), Berwick, Twaro (?), bare-headed bearded bust right with sceptre, alexander rex iii, rev. twaro on ber, short voided cross, four stars of six points, 1.48g/5h (SCBI 35, –; B –, fig. –; cf. S 5039). Some peripheral flatness, otherwise good very fine, excessively rare; the second known specimen
£1,500-2,000
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Slightly different in design and legend to the published coins of this class, the first specimen from these dies was offered at auction in 2014. The first letter of the moneyer's name is not clear on either coin, resembling an inverted L. As far as the cataloguer is aware, the name is not found anywhere else in the medieval numismatics of the British Isles
SCOTTISH COINS, Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, type Ia (Short cross Phase E), Berwick, Twaro (?), bare-headed bearded bust right with sceptre, alexander rex iii, rev. twaro on ber, short voided cross, four stars of six points, 1.48g/5h (SCBI 35, –; B –, fig. –; cf. S 5039). Some peripheral flatness, otherwise good very fine, excessively rare; the second known specimen
£1,500-2,000
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Slightly different in design and legend to the published coins of this class, the first specimen from these dies was offered at auction in 2014. The first letter of the moneyer's name is not clear on either coin, resembling an inverted L. As far as the cataloguer is aware, the name is not found anywhere else in the medieval numismatics of the British Isles