Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type IIIb, 1558, mm. crown on rev. only, wide low-arched crown, no annulets below m r, reads maria · dei · g · scotor · regina ·, rev. large cross potent with large crosses in angles, reads vertvte, 5.99g/10h (cf. SCBI 35, 1015ff; SCBI 58, 347 obv./345 rev., same dies; B fig. 798, same obv. die; S 5406). Traces of mounting (?) and edge hammered up, otherwise very fine, bright from past cleaning £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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North Yorkshire Moors Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 168, 29 January 2020, lot 1020 [from Coin Galleries 1970]

The vendor notes that this reverse die has a small rectangular privy mark before the 8 of the date. Another has a lozenge in the same place, while a third has a rectangle before one of the 5s.