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

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000-100-084-337-C
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Coin (Obverse), half-testoon, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the obverse of a silver half-testoon minted at Edinburgh in 1562, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her first widowhood. The coin was worth two shillings and six pence Scots.

The obverse bears a portrait of the queen, with the date, 1562, in a cartouche below. 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: 000-100-084-337-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1911.506.1158
Date: 1562
Material: Silver; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv.: . MARIA . DEI . GRA . SCOTORVM . REGINA .; bust to left; 1562 in cartouche below. Rev.: Cross potent . SALVVM . FAC . POPVLVM . TVVM . DOMINE .; crowned shield between crowned Ms
Dimensions: Diameter 25.50 mm; weight 3.03 g; die axis 9.5
What: Coin Type: Third period
Coin, half-testoon
Subject: Coins and currency
Who: Mary, Queen of Scots (Queen)
Pollexfen collection (1900 sale, lot 357)
Where: Scotland
Scotland, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: Mary, Queen of Scots, silver half testoon, Scotland, minted in Edinburgh, 1562
References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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