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Sold between 9 December & 7 October 2003

2 parts

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Scottish Coins from the Collection of The Late Dr. James Davidson

Dr James Davidson

Lot

№ 388

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£130

Robert III (1390-1406), Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs broken by bust, trefoils on cusps except at top, annulets in spandrels, double annulet stops, 2.86g/10h (SCBI 35, 572; B 41; S 5167). Weak in places and scratched by bust, otherwise nearly very fine and struck on a round flan (£100-120)

Provenance:
Sheriff T. Mackenzie Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21-2 February 1921, lot unspecified;
bt Spink 1941