SCOTLAND. William I 'the Lion'. 1165-1214. AR Penny (18mm, 1.49 g, 6h). Third (Short Cross & Stars) coinage, phase B. Edinburgh or Perth mint; Hue and Walter, moneyers. Struck circa 1205-1230. Bare head left; scepter to left / + hVЄ WALTЄR · · ·, voided short cross; stars in quarters (4 stars of 5 points). Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 198; Burns 15 (fig. 52); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 64-8; SCBC 5029. Toned. VF.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Andy Singer, 2003. Ex Norman Brodie Collection (Dix, Noonan, & Webb 55, 8 October 2002), lot 2, purchased from Northern Coin Co., November 1975.