Groat (c. 1390 – 1403)

Robert III, groat, first coinage (c. 1390 – 1403), rough tall facing bust with rounded shoulders, early die , ROBERTVS [DEI GRA REX] SCOTORVM, trefoil of pellets on cusps below crown with tressure of seven arcs, B’s are like R’s, rev. DNS P TECTOR, [M] S LIB ATORM, no S but a double saltire stop, inner legend VILLA EDINBVRGH, an unrecorded reverse die, wt. 2.58gms (S.5164), fine, very rare
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Burns cf fig. 340 no. 2
See Murray Baldwin 9/5/2001, lot 1877