CNG 109, Lot: 1015. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Testoon (28mm, 6.02 g, 6h). First period, Group IIIa countermarked for revaluation of 1578. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1557. Crowned royal coat-of-arms; M R across field; annulets below / Jerusalem cross; c/m: crowned thistle. For host coin: Burns 16 and fig. 791; SCBC 5404; for c/m: SCBC, vol. 2, p. 76. Host coin VF, c/m Good VF, toned, minor flan split. Lot includes old collection ticket.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.