Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Aberdeen, mm. cross potent, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils on six cusps, trefoil on breast, annulets in spandrels, double crescent stops after robertvs, gra, rex and scottorvm, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, double crescent stops after dns, z, tctor, ms and villa, 2.56g/6h (SCBI 35, 596, same obv. die: SCBI 72, 268 and B 42, fig. 393, same dies; S 5169). About very fine, toned and very rare, superior to the Stewartby plate coin £1,000-£1,200

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

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Fortrose (Ross and Cromarty) Find, 1880; Sheriff T. Mackenzie Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21-22 February 1921, lot 211; bt Spink October 1987

A note in SCBI 72 states “Stewartby notes this as the earliest of the Aberdeen Groats [HSAN 1650]”, a view endorsed by the vendor.