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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

№ 423

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£620

James III (1460-1488), Groat, Berwick, mm. cross pattée, crown of five fleurs, tressure of nine arcs, trefoils on cusps, rev. cross before vil, mullet of six points in first and fourth quarters, three pellets in second and third quarters, double saltire stops both sides, 2.48g/12h (SCBI 35, 760; B 16, fig. 589; S 5276). A few hairline scratches on obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare (£500-600)

Provenance:
F.A. Walters Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 24-7 October 1932, lot 643 (part);
SNC August-September 1936 (54516):
J.N.G. Wallworth Collection, Glendining Auction, 17 December 1942, lot 10 (part)