James III (1460-1488), Base silver issue, 1471-83, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, rev. thistle-head in first and third, six-pointed mullet in second and fourth quarters, double saltire stops both sides, 2.12g/11h (SCBI 35, 749ff; cf. B 7, fig. 578; S 5270). Portrait double-struck and partly flat, otherwise good fine, reverse a little better £300-400

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

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DNW Auction 132, 15 September 2015, lot 218