Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 2317. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. John Baliol. 1292-1296. AR Penny (1.40 g, 8h). Berwick(?) mint. +IOhANNES DEI GRAC, crowned head left; cross-sceptre with pellet on shaft before / +RE X SC OTO RVm, long cross; mullets of six points in quarters. Burns 1 (fig. 210); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean), 302; SCBC 5065. VF, toned, slight wave to flan, usual weak strike. ($500)
The 'C' in the obverse legend may be a crescent representing the 1290 solar eclipse.