Coin (obverse), half-testoon, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the obverse of a silver half-testoon minted at Edinburgh in 1558, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her marriage to Francis, the French dauphin. The coin was worth two shillings and six pence Scots.

The obverse has a crowned shield of the Dauphin and Scotland superimposed on a cross potent. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Francis and Mary, King and Queen of Scots and Dauphin and Dauphine of Vien'.

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:	000-100-054-485-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.C4033
Date:	1558
Material:	Silver; reverse slightly off-centre; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Crown FRAN . ET . MA . D . G . R . R . SCOTOR . D . D . VIEN; crowned shield of Dauphin + Scotland on cross potent / Rev. Cross . FECIT . VTRAQVE . VNVM . 1558 .; crowned FM monogram; c
Dimensions:	25.50 mm D / Die Axis: 11.0
What:	Coin Type: 1st issue Coin, half testoon
Subject:	Queen Street Coin Collection
Who:	Francis, Dauphin of France Lockett Collection Mary, Queen of Scots Pollexfen Collection
Where:	Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description:	Mary and Francis silver half-testoon, Edinburgh, 1558
References:	'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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