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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 300

David II (1329-71), Halfgroat, 2.27g., second coinage, Edinburgh, A, small young crowned bust left, breaking plain tressure of six arcs, reads scotorv, rev., long cross and mullets, villa edinbvrgh, a ed over e di in 4th quarter, cross after mevs (B 4 var., fig. 260 var.; S.5105), double struck on part of obverse legend, otherwise a full coin with a deep black tone, almost extremely fine, the error rare Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: J G Murdoch, Sotheby 11 May 1903, lot 51 Lord Grantley, Glendining, 18 May 1944, lot 1722 Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1944, no.26177 £6-10-0 There is some confusion in the Lord Grantley catalogue. This coin is illustrated as lot 1722, but does not correspond with the text and is from the Murdoch collection, lot 51 (illustrated), not lot 54

Sold for
£320