A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross potent, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils on some cusps, nothing on breast, double pellet stops, rev. three pellets in quarters of cross, double saltire stops after dns, ms, z, villa and rgh, 2.54g/11h (SCBI 35, 565-6, SCBI 72, 170 and B 37, fig. 381, same dies; S 5166). Small striking split at 6 o’clock, very fine £200-£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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Sheriff T. Mackenzie Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21-2 February 1921, lot unspecified; Dr J. Davidson Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 60, 9-10 December 2003, lot 384

Groats of this sort from Edinburgh are generally referred to as Second issue/First issue mules, since the reverse die was produced using the same fount of letter-punches as the final variety of the First coinage. Of that, two obverses and four Edinburgh reverses are recorded. three of the reverses recorded with Second Coinage obverses. The weight and die axis of this coin do not correspond with those given in the DNW 60 catalogue but the cataloguer notes that the following lot DNW 60, 385 has the same weight and die axis as lot 384. It would appear to be a copy-and-paste error in the cataloguing.