fine gold Half-Angel of five shillings
otherwise practically very fine and pleasing for a scarce date
C on breast
third coinage omitting India title
Scotland, Mary 1553 gold Twenty-Two Shillings, first period, AU55 fine gold Half-Angel of fiveScotland, Mary Queen of Scots (1542 67), gold 22 Shillings, first period, 1553, crowned Scottish arms, I G either side for Jacobus Gubernator, legend surrounding between wire thin linear circles, outer toothed border to rim, MARIA. D. G. R. SCOTORVM, rev. crowned Mary Regina monogram, cinquefoil either side, date in legend, DILIGITE IVSTICIAM 1553, weight 2. 64g (Burns 3, fig. 816; SCBI 35: 987; SCBI 58; 253 4; S. 5396). Toned, some light wear to high