429, Lot: 598. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. BI Twelvepenny groat – ‘Nonsunt’ (21mm, 1.58 g, 6h). Second period, Francis and Mary. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1559. Crowned FM monogram; crowned dolphin and crowned thistle flanking / IAM · NON/SVNT · DVO/SED · VNA/· CARO · in four lines on quadrate titulus; cross above; Cross of Lorraine to left and right; below, date flanked by pellets. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1101-5; SCBC 5447. Fine, some porosity.
From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection, purchased from Mike R. Vosper.