Add to albumThis is the reverse of a silver one-third ryal minted at Edinburgh in 1565, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her marriage to Henry, Lord Darnley. The coin was worth ten shillings Scots.
The reverse has a tortoise climbing a palm tree. The Latin inscription below translates as: 'Glory gives strength' while that around the edge translates as: 'Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered' (from Psalm 68).
Mary's coinage is divisible into five phases, reflecting her early life, two marriages and two widowhoods. During her reign numerous issues appeared in gold, silver and base metal, many of them comprising denominations never previously struck.
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- Online ID: 000-190-000-637-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C418
- Date: 1565
- Material: Silver; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. MARIA . ET . HENRIC' . DEI . GRA . R . ET . R . SCOTORVM .; ?six pellets on band of crown; crowned shield of arms; thistle to either side / Rev. Thistle . EXVRGAT . DEVS . ET . DESSIPENTR . INIMICI . EIVS .; DAT GL
Coin, third ryal
- Dimensions: 32.50 mm D / Die Axis: 10.0
- What: Coin, third ryal
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
Mary, Queen of Scots
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Mary and Henry silver one-third-ryal, Edinburgh, 1565
- References:
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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