TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AR Halfgroat (19.5mm, 1.04 g, 10h). Tower (London) mint; im: pomegranate. Crowned bust left / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1961; SCBC 2493. Toned, wavy flan, scrapes, crack. VF. Extremely rare – only two on CoinArchives. Shuttlewood suggests that there were only five known at the time of that sale.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex R.A. Shuttlewood (Spink 151, 15 March 2001), lot 280; D. Dupree Collection; R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; H.C. Dangar (15 April 1953), lot 307.