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Auction 73  15 Mar 2023
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Lot 74

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 100 GBP
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Mary, bawbee, first period 1542 – 1558, coinage of 1553, last issue of Mary's bawbee's, class VIIIb (iii), mm. closed cinquefoil, crowned thistle dividing MR, high ornamented double arched crown, mm. cross potent, MARIA DEI G R SCOTORVM, rev. slender saltire cross through crown, large pierced cinquefoils at the sides, OPPIDVM EDINBVGI, wt. 2.18gms (S.5432), fine, very scarce
*ex Spink, SNC, February 2008, no. 177, purchased for £100
Burns fig. 859 no. 73 for reverse (group 4)
R. Stevenson, BNJ, 'The Bawbee Issues of J V and Mary,' the coin is on plate 15 no. 126
Same coin as Richardson 150, only stops on obverse
None in SCBI vol. 35

Estimate: 80 - 120 GBP
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