Extremely Rare Legend Variety

429, Lot: 543. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Alexander III. 1249-1286. AR Penny (19mm, 1.21 g, 7h). Second coinage, class A. Uncertain mint. Struck circa 1280-1286. + ΛLЄXSΛ(ND)ЄR DЄI : G’CIΛ, crowned head left; scepter before / RЄX· SCO T:TO RVM, long cross pattée; voided mullets of six points in quarters. Stewart & North class A/A2; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 192–4; SCBC 5050. Near VF, find patina.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection, purchased from Mike R. Vosper.