A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I)

James III (1460-1488), Light issue, 1475, Groat, Berwick, mm. cross pattée, crown of five fleurs, tressure of nine arcs, trefoils on cusps, legend ends scotorvm z, rev. mullet of six points in first and fourth quarters, three pellets in second and third quarters, cross before vil, double saltire stops both sides, 2.54g/12h (SCBI 35, 760, SCBI 72, 840 and B 16, fig. 589, same dies; S 5276). Nearly very fine, toned, very rare £1,200-£1,500

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

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Patrick Finn FPL 9, January 1997 (371); DNW Auction 124, 16 September 2014, lot 2769

Dies 1/a - obverse used only at Berwick