A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

James V (1513-1542), Second coinage, Groat, Holyrood Abbey mint, type IIIc (iv), bust right with mantle and smooth chain, single-arched crown, seven jewels to band, strawberry-leaf decorations, ‘squarer’ hair style, rev. shield with rounded base, cross-ends E, no contraction after r of edinbvrgi, trefoil stops both sides, 2.77g/12h (SCBI 35, 915-6, same obv. die; SCBI 58, 99; SCBI 71, 407; B –, fig. –; S 5378). Nearly very fine, 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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Bt Seaby February 1982

The vendor records this obverse die being extensively used with no less than 14 different reverses.