000-100-054-453-C
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Coin (obverse), penny, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots
This is the obverse of a billon penny minted at Edinburgh in 1554-5, during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. The coin was worth one penny Scots.
The obverse bears a crowned portrait of the queen as a young girl. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of Scots'.
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: |
000-100-054-453-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland H.C4001 |
| Date: |
1554 - 1556
1554-5
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| Material: |
Billon; moderate wear; slight flattening. Inscription: Obv. lis MARIA . D . G . R . SCOTO [RV] M; crowned bust facing; double-arched crown / Rev. OPPI / DVM / EDIN / BVRG; foliated cross; crowns in 1st and 3rd angles; lis in 2nd and 4th
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| Dimensions: |
15.50 x 14.50 mm D / Die Axis: 4.5
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| What: |
Coin Type: 1st period, 1st issue, type 3
Coin, penny
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| Subject: |
Queen Street Coin Collection
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| Who: |
Mary, Queen of Scots
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| Where: |
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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| Description: |
Mary, Queen of Scots billon penny, Edinburgh, 1554 - 1556
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| References: |
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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