James II (1437-1460), Second coinage, Second issue, Groat, type IIIb, Edinburgh, mm. crown, tressure of nine arcs, small trefoils on cusps except above crown, nothing in spandrels, trefoils by neck, reads iacobvs and gra, legend ends scottorvm (double saltire between t and o), rev. crown in first and fourth quarters, three pellets in second and third quarters, nothing in centre of cross, double saltire stops both sides, 3.48g/3h (SCBI 35, 714, same obv. die; SCBI 72, 718, same dies; B 36, fig. 550, same obv. die; S 5237). About very fine, the variety very rare £600-£800

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

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Patrick Finn Memorial FPL 19, 2001 (345)

This is a variety that comes towards the very end of James’s reign, having distinct lettering traits which link it to the Roxburgh Groat, struck c. 1460. It is the only Crown Groat die that has trefoils by the King’s neck and the vendor has records of it paired with seven different reverses.