CNG 94, Lot: 1983. Estimate $2500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Testoon (29mm, 5.91 g, 5h). Edinburgh mint. Dated 1561. • MARIA DEI • GRA • SCOTORVM • REGINA •, bust left; date in tabula ansata below / • SALVVM • FAC • POPVLVM • TVVM • DOMINE •, crowned coat-of-arms; crowned M across fields. Burns 4 and fig. 897; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1111-2; SCBC 5422. Good VF, toned, gilt with evidence of prior mounting. Rare.

From the James Fox Collection.