A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross potent, tressure of nine arcs with bust breaking through the lower two, trefoils on eight cusps and on breast, double pellet stops, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, double pellet stops after dns, p, ms, z and villa, 2.64g/3h (SCBI 35, 563, same dies; SCBI 72, 178ff; B 34, fig. 380, same obv. die; S 5166). Nearly very fine £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 145, 13-14 March 2018, lot 501

This is one of the rather scarce homogeneous Edinburgh groats - the norm at that mint being a combination of different stops on obverse and reverse.