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

Robert II (1371-1390), Sterling, Edinburgh, mm. cross potent on obv. only, nothing on sceptre handle, two tiny wedges before rex, reads scoto, rev. +vil lae din rvr, 0.97g/3h (cf. SCBI 35, 493; B 6a, fig. –; S 5146). About very fine and very rare thus £200-£300

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 Vale Coins January 2004

The vendor points out that the omission of the ornament on the sceptre handle can occur on any phase of the coinage during Robert’s reign.