A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Edinburgh, type III, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, lis on neck, tiny saltires on breast, large lis to left of bust. i to right and on sceptre handle, saltire to right of crown and left of sceptre, reads icobvs and tracia, rev. lis with pellet in first, lis with pellet and saltire in third quarter, three pellets with small central pellet in second and fourth quarters, nothing in centre of cross, lis stops both sides, 2.08g/2h (cf. SCBI 35, 651; cf. SCBI 72, 419; cf, B. fig. 453; S 5195). Good fine, scarce £200-£260

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 May 1982