CNG 103, Lot: 1256. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Jeton (28mm, 3.91 g, 3h). By Nicolas Emery. Struck circa 1553-1554. + MARIA DEI G SCOTOR REGINA, crowned M with small centering pellet between; crowned thistles flanking; quadrate diamond stops / DELICIE DNI COR HVMILE (the delight of the Lord [is] the humble heart), crowned coat-of-arms; quadrate diamond stops. MI 66/6. Good VF, toned, light scratch under tone on crown of reverse.

Ex Christopher Foley Collection (Woolley & Wallis, 16 October 2014) lot 20; Strathtay Collection (Spink, 26 March 2008), lot 1; Spink 134 (13 July 1999), lot 733.