James V (1513-1542), Second coinage, Crown, type III, mm. star on obv., crown on rev., shield with rounded base, colon after scotorvm, trefoils of pellets as stops, 3.25g/3h (cf. SCBI 35, 894ff; B 5, fig. 743; S 5370). Nearly very fine, rare £2,000-2,500

Provenance: Christie’s-Edmiston Auction (Glasgow), 1980