Watch List notes:

*Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots (1542-67), portrait testoon, 1553, type I, first period (1542-58), before marriage to the Dauphin François (II), crowned bust right, rev., da pacem domine 1553, crowned shield flanked by cinquefoils, 4.84g (S. 5481; St. 166; Burns I, fig. 780; Richardson 1), flan split and creased, otherwise about very fine and very rare. Ex Spink, 26 September 2012, lot 620. See also the portrait medal included in this sale, lot 111. (2000 - 3000)