| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 286 | Auction date: 24 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 53 Price realized: 4,200 GBP (Approx. 5,320 USD / 4,912 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) Robert the Bruce (1306-1329), Sterling, mm. cross pattée, bust left of fine style, colon stops, rev. long cross, four mullets of five points in angles, 1.42g/1h (Holmes/Stewartby 4-u; SCBI 35, 318-320; B 1, fig. 225; S 5076). Good very fine, toned, very rare thus £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: bt July 2013 Hoard evidence strongly suggests that there was no coinage under Robert the Bruce until sometime shortly after the recovery of Berwick (and its operational mint) in 1318. Stylistic connections and the high standard of workmanship suggests that experienced moneyers were brought in from the Continent, probably Flanders, to produce a coinage in keeping with Bruce's concern with the status and dignity of the Scottish crown. |  |
