Auction: 11008 - Ancient, British & Foreign Coins & Com Medals
Lot: 252
James V (1513-42), second coinage, 1526-39, Groat, 2.58g, Edinburgh, crowned bust right, single arched crown, trefoil on inner circle behind, rev. shield over cross fourchée, oppidvm edinbvrgi (S.5377; Burns 722), old scratch in front of bust, superb bust, good very fine, rare Estimate £ 700-900 provenance Spink auction 183, 26-27 September 2006, lot 490 Bullowa-Moore, Spink auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 507 Dundee, Spink with Bowers and Ruddy, 19 February 1976, lot 106 RC Lockett, Glendining, 26 October 1960, lot 886 Roth, Sotheby, 14 October 1918, lot 36 (part)
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£1,450