James III (1460-1488), Light issue, 1467, Groat, Berwick, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, trefoils on some cusps, t to left and l to right of neck, reads d gra, legend ends scotor, rev. three pellets and annulet in first and third, mullet of six points in second and fourth quarters, cross pattée before vil, double saltire stops both sides, 2.58g/3h (SCBI 35, 746-7, same dies; SCBI 72, 771, same dies; B 5a, fig. –; S 5266, this coin). Full, round, about very fine, a very rare and sought-after type with a fine provenance £1,500-£2,000

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

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Stack’s Auction, 3 December 1997, lot 1515; Patrick Finn FPL 15, January 1999 (384); L. La Rivière Collection, Spink Auction 178, 22 February 2006, lot 63; A.M. Fitts Collection, CNG Triton Auction XV (New York), 4 January 2012, lot 1942; CNG Mailbid Sale 103, 14 September 2016 (1222)