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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 477

Scotland, James II (1437-1460), Second Coinage, First Issue, Lion of Ten-Shillings, (lys m.m.) : IACOBVS : DEI : GRA : REX : SCOTTORVM :, double saltire stops, crowned shield between two small crowns, rev., (m.m.) : SALVUM : FAC POPULUM : TUUM :, double saltire stops, St Andrew on cross between two lis, 3.45g [53.24grns], 3h, m.m. cross pattée (Murdoch, 1903, lot 122 [this coin]; SCBI 35 [Ashmolean & Hunterian], 685; Burns 519 (1); S.5220), doubling to the legends, nonetheless pleasingly struck to the face, good very fine and very rare

Provenance

St. James's, Auction 17, 24 May 2011, lot 303*

St. James's, Auction 6, 8 Jun 2007, lot 458*

DNW, 28 September 2006, lot 944*

J. G. Murdoch, Sothebys, 11-13 May 1903, lot 122


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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£6500