Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Ryal (44mm, 29.87 g, 7h). Fourth period, Mary and Henry Darnley, countermarked for revaluation of 1578. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1567. Crowned coat-of-arms; thistles flanking / Tortoise climbing crowned palm tree decorated with banner inscribed DAT GLORIA VIRES; c/m: crowned thistle. For host coin: SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1125 (example with c/m; SCBC 5425; for c/m: SCBC, vol. 2, p. 76. Fine, toned.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.