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

James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Perth, type III, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, i at base of sceptre, lis on neck, tiny saltires on breast, lis and i in field, reads iacobvs and tracia, rev. three pellets with small central pellet in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third, small lis in centre of cross, cross before villa, lis stops both sides, 1.95g/9h (SCBI 35, 661 and B 31, fig. 465, same obv. die; SCBI 72, 501, same dies; S 5198). About very fine and well struck for issue, very rare £500-£700

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

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After its closure during the reign of Robert III, the mint at Perth appears to have remained closed for a generation. It was probably re-opened after the closure of Edinburgh at an uncertain point in the early to mid 1430s.