British and World Coins

Mary (1542-1567), Third period, Testoon, 1561, 5.72g/10h (SCBI 35, 1111-2; SCBI 58, 1147ff; SCBI 71, 1014ff; S 5422). Cleaned at one time and now re-toned, edge split above head and hairline crack in front of forehead, otherwise very fine £5,000-£7,000

D. McDonald Collection, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 714 [from G.A. Singer]; Davissons Auction 22, 28 April 2005, lot 268; Davissons Auction 38, 27 February 2019, lot 164; Robertson Collection, CNG Auction 114, 13 May 2020, lot 1387