Seldom Offered Mary Half Testoons

Triton XVII, Lot: 1484. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Half Testoon (24mm, 3.03 g, 6h). First period, Group III. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1558. Crowned royal coat-of-arms; M R across field; no annulets below / Jerusalem cross. Cf. Burns 13 and fig. 802 (for type); cf. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1020 (same); SCBC 5413. VF, toned, small area of corrosion on edge of reverse.