Printed Auction 44 Lot 9

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Printed Auction 44 Lot 9

SCOTLAND. Mary Stuart. 1542-1567. AV Three pound piece (portrait ryal). 7.63 gm. 27 mm. (117.8 grains, the exact "theoretical weight" cited by Holmes in SCBI 58) First period, before marriage 1542-1558. 1555. The queen's head and bust facing left; +MARIA DEI G SCOTOR REGINA around / The arms of Scotland, crowned with an arched crown; IVSTVSFIDE VIVIT1555 around. S. 5397. Burns II p. 291:1; pl lx:819. Near Very Fine for this issue with its typically weak portrait; well struck legends; the lion rampant in the reverse shield is blundered and the surface is uneven suggesting an environmental or handling issue at some point; hairlines and some marks more visible when magnified. Very attractive in hand. Extremely rare and a classic rarity in the British series.

The Leland Scott Collection.

This Three pound piece or portrait ryal of Mary is the only portrait struck in gold available for Mary Queen of Scots. The issue was produced while the teenaged Mary was in the French court of Henry II, betrothed to his son the Dauphin Francis. Her likeness was probably taken from a chalk drawing, now in the French Bibliotheque Nationale, by Francois Clouet, a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter most famous for his detailed portraits of the French royal family.

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