Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type IIIa, 1556, mm. cross on obv., crown on rev., crown above square topped shield between M R, annulets below initials, rev. cross potent with crosses in angles, 5.60g/8h (SCBI 35, 1005-8; SCBI 58, 311-23; B 10, fig. 788; S 5404). Scratch on reverse, some surface corrosion and possibly sometime gilt, otherwise nearly very fine £120-150

Provenance: Bt A.D. Hamilton December 1975