CNG 109, Lot: 1025. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Ryal (43mm, 30.24 g, 8h). Fourth period, Mary and Henry Darnley. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1566. Crowned coat-of-arms of Scotland; thistles flanking / Crowned palm tree, upon which tortoise climbs; scroll across field inscribed DAT GLORIA VIRES. Burns 6 (fig. 905); SCBC 5425. Near VF, toned.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.