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⅔ Ryal - Mary and Henry Darnley 4th Period

Issuer Scotland
Year 1565-1567
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Value ⅔ Ryal (1)
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Reverse description The central device depicts a tall crowned palm tree with fronds extending outward, around which a tortoise is shown ascending the trunk — a device emblematic of the motto 'festina lente' (make haste slowly) and interpreted as glory conferring strength. A scroll or ribbon bearing the word GLORIA is draped across the lower trunk. The date 1565 appears in the lower field beneath the tree. The entire device is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with a Latin legend in Gothic lettering encircling the design, invoking Psalm 68 and the motto 'DAT GLORIA VIRES'.
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