Lot Archive

Lot

№ 4042

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30 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£680

James III (1460-1488), Light issue, 1475, Halfgroat, Berwick, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, crown of three fleurs, rev. pellets in first and fourth, mullets in second and third quarters, 1.07g/7h (SCBI 35, –; B 5, fig. 594; S 5278). Slightly bent, otherwise fine or better, extremely rare £500-700

Provenance: Marquess of Bute Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 11 June 1951, lot 231; bt Baldwin March 1989