A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part III)

David II (1329-1371), Third coinage, Groats (2), both Edinburgh, class 2b, mm. cross pattée, ‘Robert II’ head, tressure of six arcs, trefoils in spandrels, star on sceptre-handle, single crosslet stops, nothing after scotorvm, no line below bust, two stars after dns, plain a both sides, 3.50g/2h (cf. SCBI 35, 425-7 and B 43, fig. 306, for similar rev. die); class ‘2d’, similar but double saltire stops, including after dns, 3.71g/3h (cf. SCBI –; B 43, fig. 306, for similar obv. die; S 5125) [2]. Surfaces marked, fine or thereabouts, both varieties extremely rare £150-£200

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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First bt eBay September 2008; second bt A.D. Hamilton December 1981