CNG 99, Lot: 1261. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. Robert III. 1390-1406. AR Groat (27mm, 2.72 g, 6h). Heavy coinage. Edinburgh mint. Struck circa 1390-1403. + ROBЄRT : RЄX : SCOTTRVm (saltire-over-pellet stops), crowned facing bust within tressure of nine arches; trefoils at cusps / + DnS : P : TЄCTOR MS 7 : LIB ΛTORmS/ VILL Λ : ЄD InBV RGh, long cross pattée, with trefoil in each quarter. Burns 36 (fig. 371); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 564; SCBC 5164B. VF, lightly toned.
From the Michael Joffre Collection.