A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part III)

James I or II (c. 1435-40), Second Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs with saltires on cusps, annulets in spandrels, base of sceptre and neck not clear, saltire on each shoulder and to left of bust, reads iacobvs and tracia, legend ends sco, rev. three pellets with small central pellet in first and fourth quarters, lis in second quarter lis with pellet-in-annulet in third, small lis (indistinct) in centre of cross, reads ediibvrgh, lis and double annulet stops on both sides, 2.17g/4h (SCBI 35, 664; SCBI 72, 522-3; B 41, fig. 477-8; S 5200). Better than fine but flat in places, very rare £300-£400

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

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Bt Seaby October 1978

The Great Seal of James II showed one major difference from that of his father - it had annulets added to the design. This part of the coinage probably dates to the early years of his reign.