James II, groat, first coinage 1437 – 1451, third fleur-de-lis issue, bust of rough work, eight arcs to tressure with pellets on cusps, tall thin crown, bushy hair, no extra ornaments, sceptre to king's right, IACOBVS DEI GRACIA REX SCOTORVM, rev. long cross, fleur-de-lis in first and third quarters of cross, three pellets in second and fourth quarters, DNS TECTOR MS LIBERATOR, inner legend, VILLA EDINBVRGH, wt. 2.22gms (S.5225), irregular flan, almost very fine
*ex SNC, April 2007, SCO 542
Die not recorded in Burns
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP