Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross potent, tressure of nine arcs, trefoils on all cusps, including on breast, saltire and pellet stops, reads scottrvm, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, triple pellet stops after dns, p, ms, z and villa, 2.82g/10h (SCBI 35, 568 and SCBI 72, 173, same obv. die; B 39, fig 373, same dies; S 5166). Full, round, about very fine, a rare die pairing £240-£300

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

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Bt ABC Coins February 2018

The vendor notes that out of 51 specimens with muled stops in the Fortrose hoard, only two had reverses with three-pellet stops throughout the legend.