Tutbury 1831 Hoard - Alexander III (2) > Lot No. 354

Description:
1280-1286 AD. Class Mc (4 mullets of 6 points = 24 points in total and 2 mullets of 6 points with 2 stars of 7 points = 26 points in total).

Measurements:
1.39, 1.36 grams.

Condition:
Fine and better; darkly patinated, as discovered; with the original inscribed 19th century paper wraps (numbered 11 and 12) and a photocopy of the contemporaneous early 19th century list of the whole group of coins.

References:
S. 5055.

Provenance:
Canterbury Auction Galleries 04/04/2009, lots 192-193; Ex Doggett family; Ex Lord Holland; Ex Tutbury 1831 Hoard (River Dove). Exhibited at the British Museum, 2009.

Comments notes:
Lord Holland (1773-1840) was Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster at the time the hoard was discovered. The coins forming this group came to him through his position and passed with other items in this sale after his death, to William 'Edgar' Doggett, the librarian at Holland House. They appeared at a Canterbury auction sale in 2009, offered then by a descendant of his.

Estimate: £200 - 400 (EUR 250 - 500; USD 320 - 630)

Auction date: Thursday 9th September 2010 at The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH

Sold for: £340