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Coin (reverse), two-thirds ryal, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

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Coin (reverse), two-thirds ryal, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the reverse of a silver two-thirds ryal minted at Edinburgh in 1567, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her second widowhood. The coin was worth 20 shillings Scots.

The reverse has a tortoise climbing a palm tree. The Latin inscription below translates as: 'Glory gives strength' while that around the edge translates as: 'Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered'(from Psalm 68).

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: 000-190-000-644-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C426
Date: 1567
Material: Silver; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross . MARIA . DEI . GRA . SCOTORVM . REGINA .; crowned shield of arms; thistle to either side / Rev. Thistle . EXVRGAT . DEVS . & . DISSIPENTR . INIMICI . EI' .; DAT GLORIA VIRES / 1567 across middle; crown abov
Dimensions: 37.50 x 38.00 mm D / Die Axis: 7.5
What: Coin Type: 5th period
Coin, two thirds ryal
Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
Who: Mary, Queen of Scots
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: Mary, Queen of Scots silver two-thirds ryal, Edinburgh, 1567
References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Richardson (1901), 247 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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