Watch List notes:

TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AV Sovereign (44mm, 15.33 g, 10h). Tower (London) mint; im: pomegranate. Dated 1553. : mΛRIΛ : (pomegranate) : D' : G' : ΛnG' : FRΛ (retrograde Z) : hIB' : RЄGInΛ : m : D : LIII (single and double annulet stops), Mary enthroned facing, holding scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right; portcullis below; all within ornate border / Λ : DnO' (pomegranate) FΛCTV' · ЄST : ISTV' · Z : ЄST : mIRΛ' · In : OCVL' : nRIS' · (single and double annulet stops), royal shield within Tudor rose. Schneider 704 (same dies); North 1956; SCBC 2488. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU 50.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.