Live auction - fwo_1121748 - SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - JOHN BALLIOL - MARY STUART Bawbee n.d. Édimbourg
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| Starting price : | 150 € |
| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 165 € |
| Maximum bid : | 205 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 May 2026 18:34:18 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Bawbee
Date: (1542-1548)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Édimbourg
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,51 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARIA · DEI · G · R · SCOTORVM.
Obverse description : Chardon couronné.
Obverse translation : (Marie, par la grâce de Dieu, Reine d’Écosse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : OPPIDVM · EDINBVRGI.
Reverse description : Une couronne empalée sur un sautoir.
Historical background
SCOTLAND - KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND - JOHN BALLIOL - MARY STUART
(1542-1567)
Mary Stuart (1542-1587), daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise, became Queen of Scotland at 7 days old. Raised at the court of France, she married the Dauphin, future François II. Widow of the King in 1560, she returned to Scotland. In 1565, she married Lord Darnley, father of James VI, who was assassinated two years later by her lover Bothwell, whom she married before having to abdicate in 1567. Refugee in England, she conspired against her cousin, Elizabeth. She was beheaded in 1587 at the Tower of London..
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