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Coin (Obverse), lion or hardhead, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

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Postcard of Coin (Obverse), lion or hardhead, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots.
000-100-054-524-C
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Coin (Obverse), lion or hardhead, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the obverse of a billon lion minted at Edinburgh in 1559, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her marriage to Francis, the French dauphin. The coin was worth one and a half pence Scots.

The obverse has a crowned 'FM' monogram (for Francis and Mary) flanked by two dolphins. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Francis and Mary, King and Queen of Scots and Dauphin and Dauphine of Vien'.

The dolphin was the heraldic emblem of the dauphin.


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Online ID: 000-100-054-524-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C4072
Date: 1559
Material: Billon; reverse slightly off-centre; slightly uneven striking; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross FRA . ET . MA . D . G . R . R . SCOT . D . D . VIEN; crowned FM monogram; on either side, dolphin facing right / Rev. . VICIT . VERITAS . 1559 .; crowned
Dimensions: 16.00 x 16.50 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
What: Coin Type: 1
Coin, lion / hardhead
Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
Who: Francis, Dauphin of France
Mary, Queen of Scots
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: Mary and Francis billon lion or hardhead, Edinburgh, 1559
References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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