A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

William the Lion (1165-1214), Short Cross and Stars coinage, Phase B, Sterling, Phase B, no mint name, Hue Walter, crude bust left, hve walro+, rev. hve walteo, short voided cross, four stars of six points in angles, 1.42g/12h (SCBI 35, 74, same obv. die; B 22, fig. 58, same obv. die; S 5029). Legend partly flat, nearly very fine, dark tone £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Stray metal detector find, found near St Andrew’s Church, Ford (West Sussex), May 2005

Although very rare, coins with the moneyers’ names on both sides were struck from more than one set of dies. The placing of the ‘initial’ cross at the end of the obverse legend is also a feature in this phase of the coinage.