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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3001725, member: 10461&quot;]&quot;Maria&quot; here is none other than the famous <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots#execution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots#execution" rel="nofollow">Mary, Queen of Scots</a>, who would be beheaded two years after this coin was struck.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Clouet_-_Mary,_Queen_of_Scots_(1542-87)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Clouet_-_Mary,_Queen_of_Scots_(1542-87)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Fran%C3%A7ois_Clouet_-_Mary%2C_Queen_of_Scots_%281542-87%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Clouet_-_Mary%2C_Queen_of_Scots_%281542-87%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>And a description borrowed from a 1566 1-ryal coin listed <a href="https://www.stanleygibbons.com/scotland-mary-silver-ryal-1566-revalued-1578-coins-currency-c178007137.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.stanleygibbons.com/scotland-mary-silver-ryal-1566-revalued-1578-coins-currency-c178007137.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>: </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>&quot;The device of the tortoise climbing the palm tree is enigmatic - some speculate that it refers to Darnley&#039;s pretensions to the Crown Matrimonial, ie. his slow but sure ascent to the crown. Mary married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, her first cousin at Holyrood Palace on 29 July 1565. It was a turbulent marriage. Their son James (VI and I of England) was born on 19 June 1566 but within two years Lord Darnley was to die. These coins were struck for only three years and are interesting in that they have Darnley styled as king on the coin and thus are rare.</i></p><p><i>In February 1567, Darnley was recuperating after an illness in a house at Kirk o&#039; Field within the city walls of Edinburgh, when an explosion occurred in the house, and Darnley was found dead in the garden.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Obv:</i></p><p><i>Crowned Royal Arms with thistle either side, MARIA &amp; HENRIC&#039; DEI. GRA. R &amp; R. Crowned thistle punched countermark to left of tree.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Rev:</i></p><p><i>Tortoise climbing up crowned palm tree with scroll legend, DAT GLORIA VIRES (Glory gives strength), around – EXVRGAT DEVS &amp; DISSIPENT INIMICI, (Let God arise and scatter his enemies). Flat area to right caused by punch on this position on reverse</i> <i>side</i>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting, eh?&nbsp; Makes me want to read that book on the Tudors that [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] gave me recently.</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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