Triton XIV, Lot: 1671. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AV Half-lion - 22 Shillings (28mm, 2.55 g, 8h). First period. Before marriage. Type I. Edinburgh mint. James, Earl of Arran, regent and Governor of Scotland. Dated 1553. MARI D G R SCOTORVM, crowned royal coat-of-arms; I G across field / • DILIGITE (triple pellets) IVSTICIAM • 1553, crowned MR monogram; cinquefoils across field. Murray, 1553, dies B3(3)/2(1); Burns 1 (fig. 814); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) -; SCBC 5396. Good VF, toned.