David II (1329-1371), Second coinage, Class B, Groat, class B3b, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, second intermediate bust, tressure of six arcs, nothing in spandrels, crosslet stops after david and rex, double crosslet after dei and scotorvm, nothing after gra, reversed d under aed, ornate as both sides, 4.24g/1h (SCBI 35, –; B 23, fig. 282, same dies; S 5097). Obverse struck from a rusty die, very fine or better, the variety very rare £300-£360

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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G.W. de Wit Collection, Part III, Künker Auction 137 (Osnabrück), 11 March 2008, lot 3358 [from Spink 1993]; bt M.R. Vosper September 2008

This coin is from the second phase of the main Class B issue, a group of seven obverse dies, six of which couple with reverses marked with a small d (normal or retrograde) or a crosslet in one of the reverse quarters. The meaning of the d is unknown (perhaps the royal initial?) but it appears in the obverse field of David’s Great Seal.