Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 286 | Auction date: 24 January 2024 |
Lot number: 93 Price realized: 190 GBP (Approx. 241 USD / 222 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I) David II (1329-1371), Third coinage, Groat, class 2, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, 'Robert II' head, tressure of six arcs, trefoils in spandrels, star on sceptre-handle, single crosslet stops, nothing after scotorvm, no line below bust, two saltires after dns, plain a both sides, 3.16g/6h (SCBI 35, –; B –, fig. –; S 5125). Clipped, nearly very fine, the punctuation varieties extremely rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: bt May 2006 See 'A 14th Century Hoard of Scottish Groats from Balleny Townland, Co. Down' (BNJ 33, pp.97-8) where Stewart mentions that he knows of only two David II Groats with two crosses after dns. |