British and World Coins, Historical Medals

James III (1460-1488), Base silver issue, 1471-83, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, rev. thistle-head in first and third, six-pointed mullet in second and fourth quarters, double saltire stops both sides, 2.12g/11h (SCBI 35, 749ff; cf. B 7, fig. 578; S 5270). Face smoothed, otherwise good fine or better £300-£400