Scotland 1559 12 pence
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 37391 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat (12 Pence), 1559. Edinburgh Mint. Mary, with Francis as Dauphin. PCGS EF-40. Second Period. From the Richard August Collection." This coin is usually listed as a nonsunt, a name taken from the reverse motto, "IAM · NON SVNT · DVO SED · VNA · CARO ·", which means, "They are no more twain, but one flesh". Mary was married to Francis, dauphin of France, only briefly, as he died in 1560.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.70 g, 0.500 fine silver, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-5448.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
Link to: