James III (1460-1488), Light issue, 1482, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross fleury, tressure of seven arcs, small trefoils on cusps, crown with five spikes, legend ends scotorm, rev. , mullet of five points in first and third, three pellets in second and fourth quarters, reads edenbeovrge, 2.35g/9h (Murray dies 1/c, SCBI 35, 764 and B 21, fig. 604, same obv. die; SCBI 72, 845ff; S 5280A). About very fine £300-£360

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

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Bt Spink March 2001