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LOT 4453
Scotland. Mary BI Bawbee. Struck 1542-1558. Edinburgh mint. First period; before marriage.
+ MA[RIA] D G • R • SCOTORVM, crowned thistle; M R flanking / OPPIDVM • EDIИBVR[GI], crown on voided saltire cross; cinquefoils flanking. SCBC 5433. Very Fine.(1.61gr, 20mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Ex Seaby 16 June 1959.
Ex Lockdales, A72, lot 587.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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