CNG 103, Lot: 1229. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AV Twenty-two Shillings (21.5mm, 2.56 g, 10h). First period, James, Earl of Arran, regent. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1553. MARIA · D · G · R · SCOTORVM, crowned coat-of-arms; I G flanking / DILIGITE IVSTICIAM 1553, crowned monogram; cinquefoils flanking. Murray, 1553 dies C/3(2); Burns 2 (fig. 815); SCBI 38 (Edinburgh), 263 (same dies); SCBC 5396. Good VF, hint of toning, light die polishing on obverse, traces of underlying luster. Rare.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 262232 (July 2005).