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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 292

James II (1437-60), Lion, 3.44g., second coinage, second issue/first issue mule, crowned shield between two small crowns, iacobvs d gracia rex scotor, rev., St. Andrew on cross extending to edge of coin, large lis on each side, salvvm fac popvlvm tvvm, saltire and double saltire stops, m.m. crown/cross (B1a, fig. 519A; S.5221/20), struck to good weight on a small flan, lightly double struck on reverse, very fine or better, a very rare mule Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 provenance: R W Cochran-Patrick, Sotheby, 30 March 1936, lot 28 Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1943, no.19212 £17-0-0 True first issue Lions have mintmark cross on both sides, true second issue Lions have mintmark crown/cross with the reverse legend xpc regnat etc.

Sold for
£2,000