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LOT 3983
Scotland. Tudor, Mary BI Bawbee. Struck 1542-1558. Edinburgh mint. First period, Class I.
• MARIA • D G REGINA SCOTORV, crowned thistle; M R flanking / (Lis) OPPIDVM • EDIN[...]GI •, crown over saltire cross; cinquefoils flanking. SCBC 5432. Near Very Fine. Double struck.(1.90gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Bt. Liverpool, December 1941.
Ex Spink, 8012, lot 630.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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