Scotland, James III Groat, light issue, seven arcs, five pointed mullets Edinburgh
Scotland, James III (1460-88), silver Groat, Edinburgh Mint, light issue (c.1482), reverse mullets of five points, small facing crowned bust, crown with five fleurs, double tressure of seven arcs surrounding broken by neck, trefoils on cusps, beaded circles and legend surrounding, initial mark cross fleury and one pellet stop in legend, +IACOBVS DEI GRA REX. SCOTORm, rev. long cross pattée, tri-pellets in two opposing inner angles, pierced mullets of five points in other two opposing angles, beaded circles and twin concentric legends surrounding, outer legend initial mark cross fleury, +DnS,PT ECTORm ESzLIBE ATVRmS, inner legend, VILL A EDE RBEO VRGE, weight 2.40g (SCBI 35 [Ashmolean], 763; SCBI 72 [Stewartby], 845ff; Burns 23 fig.605; S.5280). Toned, weak at top part of legend both sides and perhaps once mounted in antiquity, good detail on the King, very fine, rare.
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Scotland, James III (1460-88), silver Groat, Edinburgh Mint, light issue (c.1482), reverse mullets of five points, small facing crowned bust, crown with five fleurs, double tressure of seven arcs surrounding broken by neck, trefoils on cusps, beaded circles and legend surrounding, initial mark cross fleury and one pellet stop in legend, +IACOBVS DEI GRA REX. SCOTORm, rev. long cross pattée, tri-pellets in two opposing inner angles, pierced mullets of five points in other two opposing angles, beaded circles and twin concentric legends surrounding, outer legend initial mark cross fleury, +DnS,PT ECTORm ESzLIBE ATVRmS, inner legend, VILL A EDE RBEO VRGE, weight 2.40g (SCBI 35 [Ashmolean], 763; SCBI 72 [Stewartby], 845ff; Burns 23 fig.605; S.5280). Toned, weak at top part of legend both sides and perhaps once mounted in antiquity, good detail on the King, very fine, rare.
