Rare Groat with Lis to Right of Crown

429, Lot: 573. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James II. 1437-1460. AR Groat (26mm, 3.17 g, 6h). Second coinage, second issue, Type I. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1451-1460. Crowned facing bust within tressure of nine arcs; trefoil at end of each arc; lis to right of crown / Long cross pattée; triple pellets with annulet in first and fourth quarters; crown in second and third. Burns 17 and fig. 532; SCBC 5233 var. (no lis); Spink 183, lot 477. Good VF, toned, clipped. Rare in this state of preservation.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex Finn FPL 12 (February 1998), no. 299 (erroneously attributed to SCBC 5237).