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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1320

Scotland, Alexander III (1249-1286), Second Coinage, 'Cross and Mullets' Penny, c. 1280-1286, Class D1, Roxburgh [?], ALEXANDER DEI GRA, barred As, straight-sighted uprights, crowned bust left, sceptre before, rev. REX SCOTORVM + egg-waisted S, peaked-waist C with fishtail serifs, long cross and pierced mullets of 25 points in angles, 1.335g [20.6grns], 7h, m.m. plain cross / cross potent (Site Reference [B4]; Spink 5057); another, Class D1, Perth [?], ALEXANDER DEI GRA, unbarred As, smaller crowned bust left, sceptre before, rev. REX SCOTORVM + incurved uprights, egg-waisted S, peaked-waist C with fishtail serifs, long cross and pierced mullets of 26 points in angles, 1.300g [20.06grns], 8h, m.m. plain cross (Site Reference [B3]; Spink 5057); another, Class D1, Roxburgh [?], ALEXANDER DEI GRA, unbarred As, crowned bust left, sceptre before, rev. REX SCOTORVM + thin-waisted S as Class E, long cross and pierced mullets of 25 points in angles, 1.322g [20.40grns], 8h, m.m. cross potent / plain cross (Site Reference [L3.F5.4]; Spink 5057); additionally, Class D2, Berwick-upon-Tweed [?], ALEXANDER DEI GRA, barred As, straight-sighted uprights, crowned bust left, sceptre before, rev. REX SCOTORVM + egg-waisted S, peaked-waist C with fishtail serifs, long cross and pierced mullets of 24 points in angles, 1.364g [21.05grns], 7h, m.m. cross potent (Site Reference [B2]; Spink 5057); lastly, Class D2, Berwick-upon-Tweed [?], ALEXANDER DEI GRA, unbarred As, straight-sided uprights, larger crowned bust left, sceptre before, rev. REX SCOTORVM + thin-waisted S, long cross and pierced mullets of 24 points in angles, 1.366g [21.08grns], 12h, m.m. plain cross (Site Reference [L1.H7.2]; Spink 5057), generally crimped and with variable field patina, otherwise fair to a bolder fine (5)

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Estimate
£100 to £200

Starting price
£100