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

James III (1460-1488), Main issue, 1484-8, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross fleury on rev. only, annulet on inner circle before face, reads die and rcx, legend ends cotrv, rev. three pellets and annulet in first and fourth quarters, crown in second and third quarters, reads edinbrvg, 2.93g/5h (SCBI 35, 787-8, SCBI 72, 914 and B 55, 56, fig. 646, same obv. die; S 5287). Slight obverse double-strike, nearly very fine with a die link of numismatic importance £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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‘Norwich’ Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 62, 30 June 2004, lot 644

The SCBI and Burns numbers in the description refer to coins with an Aberdeen mint signature - an Edinburgh-Aberdeen die link that previously seems to have gone unnoticed (but see SCBI 72, 873, where the reverse die used for this coin is linked with the other Aberdeen obverse with mm. mullet).