James III (1460-1488), Main issue, 1484-8, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross on obv., cross fleury on rev., annulet behind bust, rev. cross fleury before vil, crown in first and fourth, annulet and three pellets in second and third quarters, double annulet stops both sides, 2.55g/8h (SCBI 35, 772-4; B 35a, fig. 638; S 5289). Slightly small of flan, otherwise nearly very fine with a good portrait, the variety rare £400-500

Provenance: Bt Baldwin November 1975