Triton XVIII, Lot: 1749. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. William I 'the Lion'. 1165-1214. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.11 g, 4h). Third (Short Cross & Stars) coinage, phase A. Edinburgh mint; Hue, moneyer. Struck 1195-circa 1205. + WILЄLmVS RX, head right wearing pelleted crown; quatrefoil-tipped scepter before / + hVЄ : OИ ЄDИЄBVR, voided cross pattée, with star in each angle (four stars of six points). Burns 2; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 49 (same dies); SCBC 5027. VF, toned.
From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen 104 (13 March 2010), lot 339.