Scotland, Alexander III Penny, 1st coinage, Inverness, Gefrai, ex Ferris, MacPherson and WCN only four pieces perhaps in

only four pieces perhaps in private hands with singular examples in the British and Birmingham Museums

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pellet at centre of voided cross

vi between legs

Scotland, Alexander III Penny, 1st coinage, Inverness, Gefrai, ex Ferris, MacPherson and WCN only four pieces perhaps inScotland, Alexander III (1249 86), silver Penny, first coinage, long voided cross and stars (1250 1280), Type III, Inverness mint, moneyer Gefrai, crowned profile bust left, small head with neat crown, legend reads +ALEXANDER REX, the ER ligatured, rev. voided long cross, four stars of six points in angles, legend surrounds GEFRAI ON INV, weight 1. 45g (SCBI 35 [Scottish], 123 A; Lockett 68b; Burns type IV 67b fig. 122B; S. 5043). Toned on a fully