429, Lot: 599. Estimate $75. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. BI Lion – ‘Hardhead’ (21mm, 0.84 g, 4h). Second period, Francis and Mary. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1559. Crowned FM monogram; dolphins flanking, heads right / Crowned lion rampant left. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), –; SCBC 5449. Near VF.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.