Auction Catalogue

21 June 2012

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British Coins and Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 388 x

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21 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£430

Scotland, Robert III (1390-1406), Halfpenny, Edinburgh, second issue, mm. cross potent, crowned facing bust, robertvs rex sco, rev. vila edinbvrg, 0.43g/12h (cf. SCBI 35, –; B 2, fig. 382; S 5187). Good fine, dark tone, very rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Jim Sazama Collection of Medieval Coins.

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Collection

Provenance: Highbury Hoard, 1868; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 11-13 May 1903, lot 75; Lord Grantley Collection, Part V, Glendining Auction, 18-19 May 1944, lot 1734 (part); A Distinguished Collection of Scottish Coins and Medals, Spink Auction 20, 31 March 1982, lot 131; ‘Ridgemount’ Collection, Spink Auction 69, 20 April 1989, lot 245; R. Macpherson Collection, DNW Auction 83, 30 September 2009, lot 4024