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Auction 73  15 Mar 2023
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Lot 60

Estimate: 550 GBP
Price realized: 750 GBP
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Francis and Mary, testoon, second period 1558 – 1560, type I, new obverse die (d. 1559), crowned arms of Francis (as Dauphin) and Mary over cross potent, FRAN ET MA DEI G R R SCOTOR D D VIE N, rev. large FM monogram crowned, without the lis above the crown, Lorraine cross each side, FECIT VTRAQVE VNVM 1559, wire lines inner circles on both sides, wt. 5.94gms (S.5416), rare, some patches of discol55ration, otherwise very fine
Purchased for £500, 02/07/2015,
Unrecorded obverse die (not in SCBI 35 or 58), VIE N and pellet before N
Burns fig. 879 no. 6, but DEI, point before FECIT, point after 1559 and point between E N

Estimate: 550 - 750 GBP
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