SCOTLAND. Alexander III. 1249-1286. AR Penny (18mm, 1.40 g, 9h). First coinage, type II. Perth mint; Ion Corin, moneyer. Struck 1250-circa 1280. ALXAMDЄR (
sic) RЄX, crowned bust right; scepter before / I(ON) CO KIN (ON) P, voided long cross, with star in each angle. Burns 37a (fig. 104A – same dies); cf. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 96 (for type); SCBC 5042. VF, toned. Interesting misspelling of Alexander’s name. Rare.
Ex de Wit Collection (Part III, Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3342; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining, 22 January 1952), lot 1357 (part of).
