fwo_905589 - SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - JOHN BALLIOL - MARY STUART Penny 1556
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Type : Penny
Date: 1556
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court, patine sombre tachée.
Petit éclatement de flan à 3 heures au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARIA. D. G. SCOTOR. REGINA.
Obverse description : Croix pattée cantonnée de petites croix dans les angles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICIT / VERITAS / 1556.
Reverse description : Dans le champs.
Historical background
SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - JOHN BALLIOL - MARY STUART
(1542-1567)
Mary Stuart (1542-1587), daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise, became Queen of Scotland at 7 days old. Raised at the court of France, she married the Dauphin, future François II. Widow of the King in 1560, she returned to Scotland. In 1565, she married Lord Darnley, father of James VI, who was assassinated two years later by her lover Bothwell, whom she married before having to abdicate in 1567. Refugee in England, she conspired against her cousin, Elizabeth. She was beheaded in 1587 at the Tower of London..
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