James III (1460-1488), Base silver issue, 1471-83, Halfgroat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of nine arcs, rev. thistle-head in first and fourth, mullet in second and third quarters, double saltire stops both sides, 0.94g/5h (SCBI 35, 753; cf. B 3, fig. 585; S 5272). Slight dent in centre of obverse, otherwise fine, very rare £400-600

Provenance: Mauchline (Ayrshire) Hoard 1971; Mrs Joan E.L. Murray Collection, Baldwin Auction 26, 9 May 2001, lot 1934