A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I)

James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, First Fleur-de-lis issue, Edinburgh, type III, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs, sceptre to right with i at base, lis on neck, tiny saltires on breast, saltire and i in field, reads iacobvs and tracia, rev. three pellets with small central saltire in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third, nothing in centre of cross, lis stops both sides, 2.26g/11h (SCBI 35, –; B –, fig. –; S 5196). Very fine, the variety extremely rare £400-£500

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

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Sheriff T. Mackenzie Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21-22 February 1921, lot unspecified; Dr J. Davidson Collection; bt Spink October 1987

The vendor knows of no other specimen struck from this die-pairing.