James II (1437-1460), Second coinage, Second issue, Groat, type I-II, Edinburgh, mm. crown, tressure of nine arcs, trefoils on cusps except above crown, nothing in spandrels, small lis to left of crown, reads iacobvs and gra, legend ends scottorvm, rev. crown in first and fourth quarters, three pellets and annulet in second and third quarters, nothing in centre of cross, double saltire stops both sides, 3.62g/6h (SCBI 35, 699, SCBI 72, 650 and B 13, fig. 530, same obv. die; S 5233). Well struck, nearly extremely fine, toned and extremely rare thus £1,000-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; Spink Auction 259, 29 January 2019, lot 1727

Probably datable to the early 1450s