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CNG 99, Lot: 1263. Estimate $300.
Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James V. 1513-1542. AR Groat (25mm, 2.56 g, 3h). Second coinage, type III. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1526-1539. + IΛCOBVS · 5 · DEI · GRΛ · REX · SCOTORV (trefoil-of-pellets stops; pellet over final V), crowned and mantled bust right; trefoil behind / · OPPI DV · E DINB VRGI (trefoil-of-pellets stops; pellet over first V), rounded coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Burns 3 (fig. 706) var. (no trefoil behind); cf. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 935 (for type); SCBC 5378. Good VF, toned, edge loss.


From the Michael Joffre Collection.