Groat of Robert III

The finder of this coin wished to remain anonymous but wondered if it might be rare. I was asked to provide all the necessary details, including a valuation.

The coin is a rather nice looking groat of Edinburgh, which was struck for Robert III of Scotland, whose dates are 1390 to 1406. It was struck during Robert’s heavy coinage, which commenced at the start of his reign and lasted until 1403. On the obverse the legend starts with a cross potent, the stops are crescents and fleur de lis, there are nine cusps on the tressure, upon each of which is a large pellet trefoil. On the reverse the inner legend reads VILL AED InBV RGh, with a fleur between the A and E of AED and another after RGh. There is another fleur after DnS in the outer legend.

Valuation

This is an attractive Scottish groat with some eye appeal and it would grade VF. A slightly finer coin of the same type was sold at auction earlier this year and the hammer price was £360. Therefore, if this coin was sold at auction I would not expect the hammer price to be any lower than £350.

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