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

James III (1460-1488), Light issue, 1475, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, low crown of three fleurs, tressure of ten arcs, trefoils on lower cusps, double saltire after scotorvm, rev. mullet of six points in first and fourth quarters, three pellets in second and third quarters, cross before vil, double saltire stops both sides, 2.38g/6h (SCBI 35, 756, same rev. die; SCBI 72, 840; B 17, fig. 590, same dies; S 5274). Some slight edge loss between 8 and 10 o’clock, otherwise nearly very fine, the variety extremely rare £400-£600

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

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Patrick Finn FPL 16, May 1999 (405); bt P. Finn August 2000

The vendor traced this as one of only three specimens from this obverse die. The others are the Burns coin (from the Coats of Ferguslie Collection) and a specimen in the British Museum (1902-2-5-15). The Stewartby specimen in the Hunterian adds a fourth.