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, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils on cusps, triple pellet stops after robertvs and dei, lis and crescent stops after gra and rex, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, lis and crescent stops after dns, villa and rgh, 2.78g/10h (SCBI 35, 551 and SCBI 72, 86, same dies; B –, fig. –; S 5164A). Better than very fine, the variety rare £200-£260

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 ABC Coins January 2018

The changeover from triple-pellet and double-saltire stops did not happen all at once and a number of dies have mixed triple pellet and lis and crescent stops. This obverse is from one of the four dies intermediate between the three pellet stop issue and the lis and crescent stop issue. All four dies initially had three pellet stops some of which were overstamped with lis and crescent stops as seem on this specimen.