429, Lot: 590. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Ryal (43.5mm, 3.00 g, 7h). Fourth period, Mary and Henry Darnley. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1567. Crowned coat-of-arms; thistles flanking / Tortoise climbing crowned palm tree decorated with banner inscribed DAT GLORIA VIRES. Cf. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1125 (example with c/m); SCBC 5425. Near VF, toned, edge split.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.