James V (1513-1542), Second coinage, Groat, Holyrood Abbey mint, type IIIc (iii), bust right with mantle and smooth chain, single-arched crown, seven jewels to band, strawberry-leaf decorations, ‘squarer’ hair style, letter a with bar at upper left, rev. shield with rounded base, cross-ends E, pelleted v in oppidv, no contraction after r of edinbvrgi, trefoil stops both sides, 2.58g/8h (SCBI 35, –; SCBI 58, –; SCBI 71, 393; B –, fig. –; S 5378). Good fine, the variety very rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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DNW Auction 163, 18-19 September 2019, lot 1754

The vendor notes three obverse dies with this distinctive barred A.