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Mary (1542-1567), Ryal, 1566, mm. thistle on rev. only, 30.28g/2h (B 6; S 5425). With crowned thistle countermark for the revaluation of 1578 on reverse, about extremely fine and toned but a small scratch in the reverse field (£600-800)

PROVENANCE:
S. Fay ‘Dundee’ Collection, Bowers and Ruddy/Spink Auction [Los Angeles], 19 February 1976, lot 220; E.D.J. van Roekel Collection, Spink Auction 156, 15 November 2001, lot 269