A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, First Fleur-de-lis issue, Edinburgh, type III, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, lis on neck, tiny crosses on breast, saltire and i in field, reads icobvs and tracia, rev. three pellets with small central pellet in first and fourth quarters, lis with pellet in second, lis in third quarter, lis in centre of cross, lis stops both sides, 1.99g/9h (SCBI 35, –; B 22a, fig. 460A, same dies; S 5195). About very fine for issue £240-£300

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

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London Coins Auction 143 (Bracknell), 30 November-1 December 2013, lot 1080

This is one of the last coins in the sequence of type III issues to retain the odd spelling icobvs.