BRITISH COINS, Scotland, Commemorative Medals, Mary, Queen of Scots, Gilt-silver Counter, 1579, crowned shield dividing arms of France and Scotland, MARIA. D. G. SCOTOR. REGINA. FRAN. DOI, rev vine with one branch flourishing in the rain and one withering, MEA SIC MIHI PROSVNT, 28mm (MI 129.80), very fine or nearly so, the gilding contemporary, very rare; Silver Medal, undated, of similar period, MARIA. DEI. G. SCOTOR. REGINA, crowned arms of Scotland, rev hand issuing from a cloud, cutting a branch from a flourishing vine, .VIRESCIT. VVLNERE. VIRTVS., 28mm., (MI i 128, 77), small dent on leg of lion, toned, about very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate: £400-500