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Auction: 7018 - Dr R Ferrari English Crowns, R Wilson Scottish Coins, A Louise Irish Coins, K MacKenzie Ottoman Coins & Other Propertie
Lot: 103

Scotland, Mary, fifth period, 1567 (second widowhood), Ryal, 30.62g, m.m. thistle 1567, crowned shield, thistle either side, maria dei gra scotorvm regina, rev crowned palm tree, dividing date, tortoise climbing trunk, scroll reading dat gloria vires above, exvrgat devs & dissipentr inimici ei, t of disspentr struck over an r and second i of inimici struck over a c (B.1; St. pp.89-90; S.5429), toned, double struck in places, clear details of tortoise and scroll, about extremely fine, rare thus Estimate £ 700-900 provenance Douglas, Spink auction 119, 4 March 1997, lot 348

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