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

James I (1406-1437), Second Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Stirling, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs with pellet cusps, i at base of sceptre, nothing on neck, crescent on each shoulder, saltire to right of crown, reads iacobvs and gracia, legend ends sco, rev. three pellets with small central pellet in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third quarters, nothing in centre of cross, crescent stops both sides, 2.13g/9h (SCBI 35, 671, same dies; SCBI 72, 537-8; B 50, fig. 492, same obv. die; S 5203). Good very fine and extremely rare £1,200-£1,500

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

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Spink Auction 219, 24-25 September 2013, lot 286

The mint at Stirling seems to have operated briefly towards the end of the Second Fleur-de-lis issue, probably closing c. 1442. It then reopened for a short time towards the end of the Third issue.