Benbecula金属侦探主义者唐纳德·麦克菲（Donald MacPhee）可以说是他最大的发现 - 超稀有的苏格兰玛丽皇后硬币。

唐纳德（Donald）揭示了他的最新发现：“在努顿（Nunton）找到这枚硬币绝对令人震惊。”

Benbecula metal detectorist Donald MacPhee has arguably made his greatest find yet—an ultra-rare Mary Queen of Scots coin.

Benbecula金属侦探主义者唐纳德·麦克菲（Donald Macphee）可以说是他最大的发现 - 超稀有的苏格兰玛丽皇后硬币。

Revealing his latest discovery, Donald said: “To find this coin in Nunton is absolutely mind-blowing.”

唐纳德（Donald）揭示了他的最新发现：“在努顿（Nunton）找到这枚硬币绝对令人震惊。”

The version of the coin he detected dates back to 1559 and was minted in Edinburgh for just 12 months. It was the year after Mary, Queen of Scots, married Francis, Dauphin of France, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 24, 1558.

他发现的硬币的版本可以追溯到1559年，并在爱丁堡铸造了仅12个月。苏格兰女王玛丽（Mary）于1558年4月24日在巴黎的巴黎圣母院大教堂（Notre-Dame Cathedral）与苏格兰女王玛丽（Mary）结婚。

The marriage of Mary, who was 16, and her husband, who was 14, was part of the Auld Alliance, a political alliance between Scotland and France that dated back to 1295. Mary became Queen Consort of France when Francis ascended the throne as Francis II in 1559.

玛丽的婚姻16岁，她的丈夫14岁，是奥尔德联盟的一部分，苏格兰和法国之间的政治联盟可以追溯到1295年。玛丽在1559年弗朗西斯（Francis）作为弗朗西斯二世（Francis II）登上了法国女王。

However, the marriage was short-lived, as Francis died of an ear infection in 1560.

然而，婚姻是短暂的，因为弗朗西斯于1560年因耳朵感染去世。

The coin that turned up in Nunton bears the monogram FM France, Mary, and the Dauphin’s dolphin emblem. The reverse side has a lion rampant.

出现在Nunton的硬币带有法国会标FM，Mary和Dauphin的海豚标志。背面的狮子猖ramp。

Known as a billon lion or hardhead, the coin is just 14 mm in diameter. These coins earned this name because they were made of billon, an alloy of silver and base metals. Hardhead was more a nickname for the currency, which was valued at one and a half pence Scots.

该硬币被称为Billon Lion或Hardhead，直径仅为14毫米。这些硬币之所以获得这个名称，是因为它们是由银金属和碱金属合金制成的。 Hardhead的绰号是该货币的绰号，该货币的价值为一半苏格兰人。

Donald, who is the owner of Nunton House Hostel, has made numerous intriguing discoveries, including a rare privately minted copper coin, a George 5th ha’penny, a George 6th penny, and a copper ring.

唐纳德（Nunton House Hostel）的所有者唐纳德（Donald）做出了许多有趣的发现，其中包括罕见的私人铜币，乔治（George）5th ha'penny，乔治（George）的第6便士和铜环。

He has also found a late 17th-century coin on Nunton Beach. The coin, a ‘bawbee,’ is believed to date back to the reign of King Charles ll and was probably minted between 1677 and 1679.

他还在Nunton Beach找到了17世纪后期的硬币。据信，硬币“ Bawbee”可以追溯到Charles LL国王的统治时期，并可能在1677年至1679年之间被铸造。

The likely dating of the coin puts it at least 70 years before Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Charles II’s great-nephew, was in the Western Isles while fleeing the aftermath of the 1746 defeat at the battle of Culloden.

在查尔斯二世（Charles II）的侄子查尔斯·爱德华·斯图尔特（Charles Edward Stuart）王子在西部群岛（Charles of Culloden）战役中，查尔斯二世（Charles II）的大侄子查尔斯·史图尔特（Charles Edward Stuart）可能的约会至少是70年。

Nunton House Hostel was once the residence of the MacDonalds of Clan Ranald and played a significant role in the Prince’s escape over the sea to Skye with Flora Macdonald the following year.

Nunton House Hostel曾经是兰纳德氏族麦克唐纳（MacDonalds）的住所，并在次年与弗洛拉·麦克唐纳（Flora MacDonald）的王子逃离海洋中发挥了重要作用。