Triton XVII, Lot: 1470. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. David II. 1329-1371. AR Halfgroat (23mm, 1.97 g, 7h). Second Coinage (Stewart group B). Edinburgh mint. Struck 1357-1367. + DAVIN DЄI GRA RЄX SCOTORV (
sic), crowned bust left, scepter before, all within tressure of six arches; quadrilobe stops in legend / + DnS PROS ЄCTOR mЄOS/VILL A ЄDInBV RGh, long cross pattée; mullets in quarters; double saltire after mЄOS. Cf. Burns 9 and fig. 269 (for type); cf. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 394 (same); SCBC 5106. VF, toned.