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

James V (1513-1542), Second coinage, Groat, Holyrood Abbey mint, type IIIa (i), bust right with wide-collared mantle and single-arched crown, eight jewels to band, strawberry-leaf decorations, rev. shield with rounded base, cross-ends D, pelleted v in oppidv, reads edinbvbgi, trefoil stops both sides, 2.63g/12h (SCBI 35, 928; SCBI 58, 62ff; SCBI 71, 367; cf. B 13, fig. 715; S 5378). Nearly very fine and toned, rare £400-£500

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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Bt eBay March 2016

Obverse dies with no chain and classified by Stephenson as type IIIa, while those with a corded chain are IIIb. Most coins from the opening phase of this type are very rare.