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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 6488433, member: 110226&quot;]That is a really rare Irish shilling of Mary.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any coinage of Mary, but I do have coinage of her husband, Philip II of Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a mezzo ducato of Philip II, Naples.&nbsp; This was minted before he became king of Spain in 1556.&nbsp; The obverse legend includes ...ANG... at around 11 o&#039;clock, in reference to his marriage to Mary of England.</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip II, 1554-1556</p><p>Mezzo ducato</p><p>Naples</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp;&nbsp; PHILIP·R·ANG·FR·NEAP·PRI·HISPA· &quot;Philip, King of England, France, Naples, Prince of Spain&quot;, crowned bust, to the left the monogram IBR (Juan Bautista Rabaschiero).</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp;&nbsp; POSVIMVS·DEVM·ADIVTOREM·NOSTrum&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;We have made God our helper&quot; crowned arms, half Spanish, half English (lions and fleur-de-lis interchanged).</p><p><br /></p><p>Pannuti Riccio 3</p><p><br /></p><p>14.7 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Typically crude hammer strike.&nbsp; Once cleaned, now re-toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1259161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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