973329. SCOTLAND. Robert II. 1371-1390. AR Penny (19mm, 1.09 g, 9h). Perth mint. + ROBЄRTVS · RЄX [· SCO] TOR (quadrilobe stops), crowned bust left; lis-tipped scepter to left / + VILL Λ DЄ [PЄ]R Th, long cross pattée; mullets of five points with cinquefoil centers in quarters. Burns 11 (fig. 324) var. (obv. legend); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 498-500 var. (star on scepter); SCBC 5150. Near VF, toned. Scarce. ($395)
Rare James II Gold Demy
974694. SCOTLAND. James II. 1437-1460. AV Demy (23mm, 3.32 g, 11h). First coinage, type IVb/IVa mule. Edinburgh mint; im: crown. Struck 1437-1451. (crown) IΛCOBVS : DЄI : GRΛCIΛ RЄX : SC (double saltire stops), Royal arms within lozenge / + SΛLVm : FΛC POPVLVm : TVVM : DIIЄ (lis) : (double annulet stops), St. Andrew’s Cross flanked by lis; all on tressure of six arches, each arch ending in lis; in each external void, quatrefoil with large pellet at center. Burns 6 (fig. 511); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 635 var. (rev. legend); SCBC 5219/5217. Good VF. Rare. ($8750) Ex Eric P. Newman Collection.
975122. SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Testoon (27mm, 6.01 g, 2h). First period, group IIIa. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1556. MARIA DEI G SCOTOR REGINA 1556, crowned coat-of-arms; M R over annulets flanking / + IN · VIRTVTE · TVA · LIBERA · ME · 1556, cross of Jerusalem. Cf. Burns 7 (fig. 786 – for type); cf. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1005 (same); SCBC 5404. VF, toned. ($850)
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