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Live auction - fwo_399831 - SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - JOHN BALLIOL - MARY STUART Trois Pound 1555 Édimbourg

SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - JOHN BALLIOL - MARY STUART Trois Pound 1555 Édimbourg XF
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Estimate : 8 000 €
Price : 20 000 €
Maximum bid : 20 000 €
End of the sale : 27 September 2016 17:45:14
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Trois Pound
Date: 1555
Mint name / Town : Édimbourg
Metal : gold
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 7,67 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce de trois pound est parfaitement centrée sur un flan régulier, légèrement voilé au centre. Le portrait est impressionnant, très expressif et détaillé malgré une petite usure et quelques griffes. La pièce est recouverte d’une fine patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection L.G.

Obverse


Obverse legend : . MARIA. DEI. G. SCOTOR: REGINA..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Marie Stuart, couronnée, les cheveux ramenées en arrière en chignon.
Obverse translation : (Marie, par la grâce de Dieu, Reine d’Écosse).

Reverse


Reverse legend : . IVSTVS. FIDE. VIVIT. 1555..
Reverse description : Armes d’Ecosse au lion dans un écu surmonté d’une couronne .

Commentary


Ce type monétaire de grande rareté a été frappé pour l’Ecosse pour les pièces de Trois Pound et les pièces de 30 Shilling. Il s’agit des seules pièces d’or avec le portrait de Marie Stuart, seule régente.

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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