CNG 105, Lot: 1232. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Testoon (26mm, 6.01 g, 9h). First period, Group IIIb. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1558. Crowned royal coat-of-arms; M R across field; no annulets below / Jerusalem cross. Cf. Burns 27 and fig. 799 (for type); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1016; SCBC 5406. VF, toned. An attractive example.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.