James II (1437-1460), Second coinage, Second issue, Groat, type IIIb, Edinburgh, mm. crown, tressure of nine arcs, small trefoils on cusps except above crown, nothing in spandrels, trefoils by neck, reads iacobvs and gra, legend ends scottorvm (double saltire between t and o), rev. three pellets and saltire in first and third, crown in second and fourth quarters, nothing in centre of cross, unusual pelleted b in bvrg, double saltire stops both sides, 3.63g/9h (SCBI 35, 714, SCBI 72, 718 and B 36, fig. 550, same obv. die; S 5237). About very fine, reverse a little better, the variety very rare £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Davissons Mailbid Sale 35, 3 February 2016 (281)

This is the only die in the coinage to show trefoils at the neck.