SCOTLAND. James II. 1437-1460. AV Lion (26mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Second coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: crown. Struck 1451-1460. (crown) IΛCOBVS DЄI GRΛ : RЄX : SCOTTORVm : (double saltire stops), crowned coat-of-arms; lis flanking / (crown) X PC: RЄGn ΛT : XP C VInCIT X P (double saltire stops), St. Andrew crucified on short cross saltire; crowned lis flanking. Burns 5 (fig. 525; same dies); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 691 (same obv. die); SCBC 5222. A few scratches and edge marks. VF.
Ex Baldwin’s FPL (Winter 2010-2011), no. SC001; R. Berseford-Jones (Spink 108, 7 March 1995), lot 478.
