| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 286 | Auction date: 24 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 18 Price realized: 550 GBP (Approx. 697 USD / 643 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I) Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, 'post-Brussels A', Berwick, Iohan, ioh an on ber, pelleted hair (two rows), pellet after rex, 1.34g/1h (SCBI 35, –; cf. B 15, fig. 91; cf. S 5048). Neatly struck on a round flan (this slightly buckled), good very fine and rare thus £300-£360 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 145, 13-14 March 2018, lot 498 This is a rare issue which post-dates the deposit of the Brussels hoard in the mid-1260s and seems to be exclusive to the moneyer Iohan striking at Berwick. Lord Stewartby in various articles detailed a sequence of varied styles, busts and letter forms found on Alexander III 1st Coinage pennies, Types 1 - VIII. These types derive from the study of the Brussels Hoard. This rare issue, found in neither the Brussels or the Colchester Hoards, he designated Post Brussels A. The portrait and crown vary markedly from coins of the earlier series and appear to partly derive from continental copies of earlier Scottish sterlings. |  |
