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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: 150

Mary, third period, 1560-1565 (first widowhood), Testoon, 6.06g., 1561, bust of Mary left, wearing bonnet and high necked dress, date below on tablet, maria dei gra scotorvm regina, rev. crowned shield of France and Scotland, crowned m either side, salvm iac popvlum tvvm domine (B.1; St.180; S.5422), light double striking in places, die flaw before bust, a most pleasing and evenly toned example of this attractive coin, with a clear portrait, good very fine/extremely fine, rare Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance J H Polexfen, Sotheby, 26 June 1900, lot 355 Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1944, no.26192, £30-0-0 Marshall, Spink auction 167, 31 March 2004, lot 306

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£5,000