A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Perth, mm. cross potent, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils on some cusps and on breast, saltire and pellet stops, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, saltire and pellet stops after dns, p, tector, ms, z villa and de, additional colon after de, 2.75g/10h (SCBI 35, 576-7; SCBI 72, 216, same dies; cf. B 22, fig. 365, same obv. die; S 5170). A few minor surface marks, otherwise better than very fine, neatly struck, round and toned £300-£400

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 166, 12 November 2003, lot 123

This is one of the first Groats with trefoil-pointed cusps. At this point, these are exclusive to the Perth mint and it is not until some way into the series that there is a first die-link with Edinburgh. It would seem that they were struck by a separate moneyer while the old tri-pellet Groats were still being struck in Edinburgh by Bonagius. This obverse die was originally used without the trefoil on the breast - this was added later.