A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I)

James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Edinburgh, type III, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, lis on neck, tiny saltires on breast, lis and i in field, reads icobvs and tracia, rev. three pellets with small central pellet in first and fourth quarters, lis between saltires in second and third quarters, nothing in centre, lis stops both sides, 2.27g/6h (SCBI 35, –; SCBI 72, 416-7, same obv. die; B 15, fig. 446, same dies; S 5195). Good fine or better £200-£260

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

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R.A. Macpherson Collection, DNW Auction 83, 30 September 2009, lot 4027; DNW Auction 134, 7 December 2015, lot 1033