James III (1460-1488), Light issue, c.1482, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross fleury, tressure of seven arcs, small trefoils on cusps, crown with five spikes, legend ends scotorm, rev. three pellets in first and fourth quarters, mullet of five points in second and third, reads edenbeovrge, 2.33g/5h (SCBI 35, 764 and B 24, fig. 604, same obv. die; cf. SCBI 72, 845ff; S 5280A). Reverse slightly double-struck, otherwise very fine and a rare variety with a distinguished provenance £400-£600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 11-13 May 1903, lot 128 (part); Lord Grantley Collection, Part V, Glendining Auction, 18-19 May 1944, lot 1743; W.H. Bennett Collection, Glendining Auction, 4-5 October 1972, lot 715 (part); N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 40; SNC March 2011 (SC 0855); DNW Auction 141, 14 June 2017, lot 1315

Murray dies 1/f. Mrs Murray did not include this die combination in her die study of the series (see Innerwick Hoard 1979, BNJ 52, p.144) and the vendor has not traced another example.