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Auction 18048  26 Sep 2018
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Lot 453

Starting price: 850 GBP
Price realized: 2000 GBP
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(x) Scotland, David I (1124-53), Penny, 1.34g, period B, Perth, with Henry II (type XII) reverse but in David's name, attributed to the moneyer Baldwin, [...] rex, retrograde, crowned bust right, sceptre before, rev. [...] : on : pe, cross with pellets in crescents in quarters (St. group IV; S.5005), some hard black deposit on both sides, otherwise very fine, very rare.
Provenance:
Michael Anderson, Spink auction 183, 26-27 September 2006, lot 424
DNW, 28 September 2005, lot 1077

The previous Spink catalogue notes 'This coin is a die duplicate of a previously unpublished coin in the Prestwich hoard which gives the moneyer's name, Baldwin, though on this specimen the moneyers name is not visible except for part of the last letter, which looks like an S.'

Estimate: £1200 - £1500
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