Coin (Reverse), one-third ryal, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

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This is the reverse of a silver one-third ryal minted at Edinburgh in 1567, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her second widowhood. The coin was worth ten 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: 000-190-000-645-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C427
• Date: 1567
  
• Material: Silver; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. Cross . MARIA . DEI . GRA . SCOTORVM . REGINA .; crowned shield of arms; thistle to either side / Rev. Thistle EXVRGAT . DEVS . ET . DISSIPENTVR . INIMICI . EIVS .; DAT GLORIA VIRES / 1567 across middle;
  Coin Type: 5th period
  Coin, third ryal
  
• Dimensions: 31.50 x 32.00 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
  
• What: Coin Type: 5th period
  Coin, third ryal
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: Ayr (Fort Street) Hoard, 1914
  Mary, Queen of Scots
  
• Where: Scotland, Ayrshire, Ayr (Fort Street)
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Mary, Queen of Scots silver one-third-ryal, Edinburgh, 1567
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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