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1/2 Bawbee - Mary I 1st Period
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1543-1554 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device of a crowned thistle rendered in hammered relief, the crown rising prominently above the thistle head in the upper field. The royal cipher letter M appears to the left of the thistle and R to the right, referencing the regnant name Maria Regina. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design within the irregularly struck flan, reading MARIA · D · G · REGINA · SCOTOR, identifying the issuer as Mary, by the grace of God, Queen of Scots. The overall style is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Scottish hammered billon coinage, with somewhat crude workmanship typical of the Edinburgh mint of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a royal crown impaled upon a diagonal saltire cross, the cross dominating the field in the manner characteristic of Edinburgh municipal coinage of this period. A cinquefoil ornament appears below the saltire at the base of the design. The surrounding legend, OPPIDVM · EDINBVRGI, identifies this as a civic issue of the town of Edinburgh, struck within a roughly circular border on the irregularly shaped hammered flan. The execution reflects the typical workmanship of the Edinburgh mint under Mary I's first coinage period. |
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