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

David II (1329-1371), Third coinage, Groats (2), both class 2a, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, ‘Robert II’ head, tressure of six arcs and a segment, trefoils in spandrels, star on sceptre-handle, double crosslet stops, nothing after scotorvm, no line below bust, cross over crescent contraction mark after dns, plain a both sides, 3.96g/11h (cf. SCBI 35, 419 and B 38, fig. 301); similar but tressure of six arcs, 3.25g/12h (cf. SCBI 35, 422-3 and B 41, fig. 302; S 5125) [2]. First good fine and extremely rare, second better but edge irregular and ragged £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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First DNW Auction 114, 18 September 2013, lot 1600; second bt D. Cavanagh May 1982

The extra segment on the tressure of the first coin is very unusual, giving space for six trefoils in spandrels instead of the usual five. It is the only such die known to the vendor of this type in this section of the coinage.