Coin (reverse), three pound piece, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

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This is the obverse of a gold three pound piece or ryal minted at Edinburgh in 1555, during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary was not yet 13 years old when the coin was struck.

The reverse has a crowned shield. The Latin inscription translates as: 'The just man lives by faith'. This inscription is followed by the date, 1555.

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: 000-190-000-633-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C4104
• Date: 1555
  
• Material: Gold; slight double-striking on reverse; slight to moderate wear; edge nick at 7.0 (obverse). Inscription: Obv. . MARIA . DEI . G . SCOTOR . REGINA .; bust to left / Rev. . IVSTVS . FIDE . VIVIT . 1555; pellet above last 2 letters of IVSTVS; crowned shi
  Coin Type: 1st period
  Coin, three pound piece / ryal / noble
  
• Dimensions: 27.00 x 27.50 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
  
• What: Coin Type: 1st period
  Coin, three pound piece / ryal / noble
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: Mary, Queen of Scots
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Mary, Queen of Scots gold three-pound piece or ryal or noble, Edinburgh, 1555
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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