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1/2 Testoon - Mary I 1st Period, Type I
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1553 |
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| Value | 1/2 Testoon (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Queen Mary I of Scotland occupying the central field, rendered in the Renaissance portrait style typical of mid-sixteenth-century Scottish coinage. The effigy is shown with stylised hair and period costume. The peripheral legend in Latin reads MARIA · DEI · GRA · SCOTOR · REGINA ·, identifying the monarch as Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of Scots. |
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| Obverse lettering | MARIA · DEI · GRA · SCOTOR · REGINA · (Translation: Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of Scots) |
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| Reverse lettering | IN · IVSTICIA · TVA · LIBERA · NOS · DNE · 1553 (Translation: Deliver us, O Lord, in Thy righteousness) |
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