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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

№ 390

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£600

Robert III (1390-1406), Groat, Aberdeen, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs broken by bust, stops of three pellets on obv., double crescents on rev., 2.34g/12h (Mackenzie, NC 1884, p.192, no.13 and pl.ix, 2, this coin; SCBI 35 –; B 49c; S 5168). Very fine, rare (£400-500)

Provenance:
Fortrose (Ross & Cromarty) Find, 1880;
Sheriff T. Mackenzie Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21-2 February 1921, lot 222