A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

David II (1329-1371), Second coinage, Class B, Groat, class B3d, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, second intermediate bust, tressure of six arcs, nothing in spandrels, small double crosslet stops, nothing after scotorvm, c for e in dei, reversed d under rgh, ornate as both sides, 4.16g/1h (SCBI 35, –; B 23, fig. 282, same dies; S 5097). Good very fine or better but with some patchy surface deposit £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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bt D.L. Cavanagh June 1983

Dr Davidson suggested that the small d or cross might be a privy mark connected to the quarterly Trial of the Pyx (BNJ 1951 pp. 155ff). This idea has not been generally accepted.