Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, 1553 Half-Lion of Twenty-Two Shillings MS63 facing crowned bust with nothing

facing crowned bust with nothing on breast

97g (Bentley 18

Farey 590 S

copper Half-Farthing

ONE TOLA FINE -996-

Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, 1553 Half-Lion of Twenty-Two Shillings MS63 facing crowned bust with nothingScotland, Mary Queen of Scots (1542 67), gold 22 Shillings, first period, 1553, crowned Scottish arms, pellet over crown, I G either side for Jacobus Gubernator, legend surrounding between wire thin linear circles, outer toothed border to rim, MARIA. D. G. R. SCOTORVM, rev. crowned Mary Regina monogram, cinquefoil either side, date in legend, DILIGITE IVSTICIAM 1553 (Burns 3, fig. 816; SCBI35: 987; SCBI 58; 253 4; SCBI 71: 548 Stewartby; S. 5396).