Rare James II Gold Demy
SCOTLAND. James II. 1437-1460. AV Demy (23mm, 3.32 g, 11h). First coinage, type IVb/IVa mule. Edinburgh mint; im: crown. Struck 1437-1451. (crown) IΛCOBVS : DЄI : GRΛCIΛ RЄX : SC (double saltire stops), Royal arms within lozenge / + SΛLVm : FΛC POPVLVm : TVVM : DIIЄ (lis) : (double annulet stops), St. Andrew’s Cross flanked by lis; all on tressure of six arches, each arch ending in lis; in each external void, quatrefoil with large pellet at center. Burns 6 (fig. 511); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 635 var. (rev. legend); SCBC 5219/5217. Good VF. Rare.
Ex Eric P. Newman Collection.
