A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Sterling, class Be/M mule, mm. cross potent on obv., cross slightly pattée on rev., bust left with wide, oval eyes, reads gr’a, rev. long cross, four mullets of six points in angles, 1.32g/3h (cf. SCBI 35, 175; cf. B 17, fig. 144; S 5052/5053). Full and round, very fine, dark tone, rare £150-£200

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

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DNW Auction 114, 18 September 2013, lot 1598

Based on unpublished research by the vendor, subclass Be probably preceded Bd in the chronology of the class. He estimates that around 50% of Be obverses are muled to later class M reverse dies, while the ‘vast majority’ of Bd obverses have later M reverses.