James II, groat, second coinage c. 1451 – 1460, third type – crown and pellet, obv. facing bust, a trefoil each side of the neck, crown with trefoil pointed spikes with tressure of nine arcs, IACOBVS DEI GRA REX SCOTT ORM, rev. new reverse, pellets in first and third quarters, saltire between, crowns in second and fourth quarters, die unknown, DNS P TECTORM S LIBERATOR MS, inner legend, VILLA EDINBVRG, wt. 3.70gms (S.5237), very rare, fine, reverse better
Same dies as Mrs Murray Baldwin 26, 09/05/2001, lot 1922
Rarely offered for sale
Burns fig. 550 no. 36 variety
Estimate: 350 - 450 GBP