facing crowned bust in beaded circle
with chestnut patina
by designer John Bergdahl (S
The Appeal Against the House of Hanover
to upper right of exergue (Bentley 729
Scotland, Mary, 1553 gold Lion of Forty-Four shillings AU55 facing crowned bust in beadedScotland, Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 67), gold 44 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. DEI. GRA. R. SCOTORVM, rev. crowned Mary Regina monogram, cinquefoil either side, date in legend, DILIGITE IVSTICIAM 1553 (Burns 3, fig. 812; SCBI35: 984; cf. SCBI 58; 252; S. 5394). Toned, has been slabbed and graded by