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ANCIENT, BRITISH AND FOREIGN COINS AND COMMEMORATIVE MEDALSCOINS OF SCOTLAND682682 (x1.5)682 Alexander II (1214-49), coinage in his own name, c.1235, Penny, 1.16g, Roxburgh,Alain Andreu, crowned bust right, cross tipped sceptre before, ALEXANDER REX, quatrefoilof four pellets at end of legend, rev. retrograde legend, ALAIN ANDREV ON R (Burns -;S.5035), a little weak on bust, light crimping, dies apparently unrecorded, most unusualwith the retrograde reverse, very fine, extremely rare £1,800-2,000This coin seems to be struck from an unrecorded pair of dies and has features that make itdistinctive in relation to other examples of this rare issue. Burns listed seven examples of thisshort cross issue in the name of Alexander II from Roxburgh. Of these he noted one (Burns70a) as having a retrograde legend on the obverse. Where the plates in Burns show the sceptreclearly all are tipped with three pellets rather than a cross as on this coin.683684683 (x1.5)683 Alexander II, coinage in his own name, c.1235, Penny, 1.32g, Roxburgh, Alain Andreu,crowned, bearded bust right, sceptre before ALE[..]D[..], rev. [..].ANDEV[..], voided shortcross, mullets in angles (cf Burns 74; S.5035), edge scuff, light surface corrosion giving dullappearance, good detail in places, good fine, very rare £600-800684 John Baliol (1292-96), second coinage (smooth surface issue), Halfpenny, 0.49g,St Andrew’s, crowned head left, sceptre before, rev. CIVITAS SAN[DRE], long cross, mulletin first and fourth quarters (S.5075), a field find, legends decipherable, about fine, very rare £180-220PROVENANCE:Found Ranskill, Nottinghamshire, December 2012Recorded UKDFB ref. no. 40039685685 Mary (1542-67), fourth period, with Henry Darnley (1565-67), Ryal, 1566, 30.32g,crowned shield, rev. tortoise climbing palm tree (B.5; S.5425), heavily polished, good veryfine £500-600686 Mary, billon Bawbee (S.5432), James VI, billon Eightpenny-Groat (S.5511), Charles I,Falconer’s second issue, Twelve-Shillings, F at end of obverse legend (S.5561), CharlesII, Quarter-Dollar, 1676 (S.5620), Turner, 1677 (S.5630), James II, Ten-Shillings,1688 (S.5641), William and Mary, Forty-Shillings, 1693 (regnal date unclear), generallyfine to very fine (7) £250-350WWW.SPINK.COM