Very Rare David I Penny

Triton XVII, Lot: 1466. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. David I. 1124-1153. AR Penny (19mm, 1.17 g, 3h). Phase a. Burns class III. Edinburgh mint; Erebald, moneyer. Struck 1136-early 1140s. + DAVID R[E+], crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter in right hand / + [EREBAL]D : ON EDEN, cross moline-fleury. Burns 23 (fig. 24) var. (rev. legend); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1/A-2/A (same obv. die); SCBC 5003; EMC 2011.0216 (this coin). VF, toned. Excellent portrait. Very rare.

Found in northeast Lincolnshire, 2011.