Important British and World Coinsxx

James III (1460-1488), Base silver issue, 1471-83, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, rev. large mullet in first and fourth, thistle-head in second and third quarters, double saltire stops both sides, 2.08g/9h (Bateson, Coinage in Scotland, p.66, fig 22, this coin; SCBI 35, 749, same dies; B 6, fig. 577; S 5270). On a fairly full flan, about very fine, rare £500-600

Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 1-2 October 1987, lot 72 (part)