SCOTLAND. Alexander III. 1249-1286. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 4h). First coinage. Long Cross and Stars, type III. Kinghorn mint; Walter, moneyer. Struck 1250-circa 1280. VF.

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Lot: 6668. Estimated: $ 1 000

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SCOTLAND. Alexander III. 1249-1286. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 4h). First coinage. Long Cross and Stars, type III. Kinghorn mint; Walter, moneyer. Struck 1250-circa 1280. Crowned head left; scepter to left / (WAL) T(ЄR) (OH)R IH, voided long cross; stars in quarters (4 stars of 6 points). Holmes, Corpus dies 1/B; Kirton & Stewart, Kinghorn dies C/b (this coin cited); Burns p. 147 (fig. 93A; same rev. die; Renfrew mint); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian 131-2 (same rev. die; Renfew mint); SCBC 5043. Toned. VF. Very rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Review XL.1 (Spring 2015), no. 400769; J. Sazama Collection (Dix Noonan & Webb 128, 11 February 2015), lot 73; M. Anderson Collection (Spink 183, 26 September 2006), lot 454; Dr. J. Collection (Dix, Noonan, & Webb 60, 9 December 2003), lot 345; G. Drabble Collection (Glendining’s, Part I, 4 July 1939), lot 778; Brussels Hoard, 1908.


Closing Date and Time: 22 January 2026 at 13:42:20 ET.



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