James V, Groat, Edinburgh, second coinage, type 2/3, bust right wearing closed mantle and single arched crown, trefoil in field, annulet stops, rev. rounded shield, reads OPPIDV, trefoil stops (S.5377/8), faint scratch in front of face, extremely fine, toned and rare, an exceptional portrait for this type
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James V, Groat, Edinburgh, second coinage, type 2/3, bust right wearing closed mantle and single arched crown, trefoil in field, annulet stops, rev. rounded shield, reads OPPIDV, trefoil stops (S.5377/8), faint scratch in front of face, extremely fine, toned and rare, an exceptional portrait for this type

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James V, Groat, Edinburgh, second coinage, type 2/3, bust right wearing closed mantle and single arched crown, trefoil in field, annulet stops, rev. rounded shield, reads OPPIDV, trefoil stops (S.5377/8), faint scratch in front of face, extremely fine, toned and rare, an exceptional portrait for this type
Provenance
Dundee Collection, Spink and Bowers & Ruddy, 19 February 1976, lot 106
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.