Watch List notes:

BRITISH COINS, Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, Gold Forty-Four Shillings, 1553, crowned Scottish arms, I to left and G to right for Jacobvs Gubernator (James Earl of Arran, Regent and Governor of Scotland), linear circle and legend surrounding, initial mark cross pattée, MARIA. DEI. GRA. R. SCOTORVM, rev crowned monogram of Maria Regina, cinquefoil either side, linear circle and legend surrounding, initial mark cross pattée, DILIGITE. IVSTICIAM. 1553, 5.22g (SCBI 58:246; Burns 287.5; S 5394). Attractively toned, practically extremely fine and rare this well preserved.

Estimate: £5000-7000