CNG 109, Lot: 1006. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James II. 1437-1460. AR Groat (27mm, 3.75 g, 9h). Second coinage, second issue, Type II. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1451-1460. Crowned facing bust within tressure of nine arcs; trefoil at end of each arc / Long cross pattée; triple pellets with annulet in first and fourth quarters; crown in second and third. Cf. Burns 19b and fig. 532 (for type); SCBC 5233. Good VF, toned, two hairline striking splits. Rare in this state of preservation.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb (8 October 2002), lot 718.