Scotland, James III (1460-88), Groat, Base silver issue, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, rev. mullet in first and fourth, thistle-head in second and third quarters, double saltire stops both sides, 1.93g/10h (SCBI 35, 749ff; cf. B 7, fig. 578; S 5270). Portrait partly flat, otherwise better than fine but chipped £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British and European Coins Formed by the Late Julian Birch.

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