A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

James I (1406-1437), Second Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs with fleurs on cusps, i at base of sceptre, lis on neck, saltire on each shoulder, reads iacobvs and tracia, legend ends scot, rev. lis in first quarter, lis and saltire in third, three pellets with small central pellet in second and fourth quarters, small lis (indistinct) in centre of cross, reads ecinbvrgh, lis and saltire stops on obv., lis on rev., 2.16g/9h (SCBI 35, 670, same obv. die [with Linlithgow rev.]; SCBI 72, 515, same dies; B 34-5, fig. 475, same obv. die; S 5200). Edge chip, otherwise good fine, portrait better £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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Patrick Finn FPL 2, September 1994 (370); bt S.J. Blencoe July 2019