Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AV (28mm, 5.05 g, 9h). First period, James, Earl of Arran, regent. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1553. · + · MARIA · DEO · GRA · R · SCOTORVM, crowned coat-of-arms; I G flanking / · + · DILIGITE · IVSTICIAM · 1553, crowned monogram; cinquefoils flanking. Murray, 1556 E/7; Burns 4/6 (cf. fig. 813); SCBI 58 (Edinburgh) 245/248-9 (same obv./rev. dies); SCBC 5394. Toned. Good VF. Rare.


From the James & Martha Robertson Collection. Ex Künker 306 (22 March 2018), lot 5200; Heritage 410 (2 June 2006), lot 14852.