Hess-Divo
Auction 339 22 Oct 2020
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
GREAT BRITAIN. ENGLAND. Mary, 1553-1554
Sovereign (30 Shillings) MDLIII (1553), Tower mint (London). MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA m D LIII. Crowned full figure of Queen seated facing on ornate throne, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis below extending to rim, ornate throne back with pellet sides to back and large side pillars, multi arc tressure and beaded circle surrounding, pellets in arcs, trefoils on cusps, mintmark pomegranate after Queen's name, annulet stops in legend // DNO FACTV EST ISTV Z EST mIRA In OCVL nRIS A. Quartered shield of arms upon Tudor rose, surrounded by beaded and linear tressures of ten arcs, each cusp overlaid with alternating leaf and lis fleury device, linear circle surrounding. North 1956; Spink 2488. 15,12 g.
GOLD. Extremely rare in this quality. RRR. Very well centered and extremely fine
Provenance: Hess Divo Auction 333 (Zurich, 30 November 2017), 444.
Sovereign (30 Shillings) MDLIII (1553), Tower mint (London). MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGINA m D LIII. Crowned full figure of Queen seated facing on ornate throne, holding orb and sceptre, portcullis below extending to rim, ornate throne back with pellet sides to back and large side pillars, multi arc tressure and beaded circle surrounding, pellets in arcs, trefoils on cusps, mintmark pomegranate after Queen's name, annulet stops in legend // DNO FACTV EST ISTV Z EST mIRA In OCVL nRIS A. Quartered shield of arms upon Tudor rose, surrounded by beaded and linear tressures of ten arcs, each cusp overlaid with alternating leaf and lis fleury device, linear circle surrounding. North 1956; Spink 2488. 15,12 g.
GOLD. Extremely rare in this quality. RRR. Very well centered and extremely fine
Provenance: Hess Divo Auction 333 (Zurich, 30 November 2017), 444.