Coins and Historical Medals

Alexander III (1249-1286), First coinage, Sterling, type Ia (Short cross Phase E), Berwick, Wales and Robert, bare-headed bearded bust right with sceptre, alexander rex iii, rev. wa ro on ber, short voided cross, four stars of six points, 1.48g/5h (SCBI 35, –; B –, fig. –; cf. S 5039). Some peripheral flatness, otherwise good very fine, excessively rare; the second known specimen
£1,500-2,000

Slightly different in design and legend to the published coins of this class, the first specimen from these dies was offered at auction in 2014. The joint moneyers Wales and Robert are known from a few very rare transitional coins, struck around 1250