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

Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, First issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross potent on rev. only, tressure of seven arcs, large trefoils on cusps, triple pellet stops, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, double saltire stop after dns, reads lirator, double saltire after rgh, rs replace bs in legend both sides, 2.77g/7h (SCBI 35, 534, SCBI 72, 19 and B 2, fig. 340, same obv. die; S 5164A). Good fine, flan slightly ragged, rare £80-£100

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 D. Cavanagh April 1985

This is one the earliest dies to substitute the traditional saltire or cross stops of the previous forty years with triple pellet stops. It is from an early intermediate/developmental group of dies. The "lank hair" format was only used on the two dies of the earliest six arc tressure coins and the first few dies of this intermediate issue before taking the form found on all subsequent coins from the Ist Issue from Edinburgh.