Add to albumThis is the obverse of a billon bawbee minted at Stirling in 1544, during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. The coin was worth six pence Scots.
The obverse bears a crowned thistle flanked by the letters 'M' and 'R' (for Regina [Queen]). The Latin inscription translates as: 'Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of Scots'.
The name 'bawbee' is derived from 'Sillebawby' - Alexander Orrok of Sillebawby was Master of the Mint when these coins were struck.
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- Online ID: 000-100-060-592-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C10150
- Date: 1544
- Material: Billon; slight flattening; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross MARIA.D.G.REGINA. [SCO] TORV; pellet above final V, which overlaps R; crowned thistle; M R to left and right / Rev. Crown OPPI [D] VM.STIRLINGI; cross potent; small cross in each angle
Coin Type: Stevenson Class Is(v)
Coin, bawbee
- Dimensions: 21.50 x 21.00 mm D / Die Axis: 11.0
- What: Coin Type: Stevenson Class Is(v)
Coin, bawbee
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Mary, Queen of Scots
Rigghead Hoard, 1963
- Where: Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Torthorwald, Collin, Rigghead Sandpit
Scotland, Stirlingshire, Stirling
- Event:
- Description: Mary, Queen of Scots billon bawbee, Stirling, 1544
- References:
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- BNJ 59 (1989); Stevenson, R.B.K., p 147
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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