Very Rare Roxburgh Penny

408, Lot: 738. Estimate $100. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. William I 'the Lion'. 1165-1214. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.38 g, 11h). Third (Short Cross & Stars) coinage, phase A. Roxburgh mint; Peris and Adam moneyers. Struck circa 1195-1214. + WILLЄLmVS RЄX, crowned head right; scepter to right / + PЄRIS ADAM ON ROЄ, voided short cross; stars of six points in quarters. Burns 67; SCBC 5028. VF, toned, areas of weak strike. Very rare, only two (correctly identified) in CoinArchives.

Ex 1970 Gisors (Eure) Hoard.