4th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
♦Mary, (1553-1554), Silver Groat, London Tower Mint, mm pomegranate; obv. MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI around crowned bust of queen facing left, mint mark after MARIA, rev. VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA, mint mark after VERITAS, around long cross fourchée over quartered royal shield; wt. 2.00g, crease across obv. from 3 to 8 o’clock o/wise good portrait detail & full, clear legends, rev. the obverse crease visible as a raised line running from 12 to 6 o’clock alongside the vertical branch of the cross fourchée, a few light adjustment marks, ‘ITA’ of VERITAS not struck up o/wise full, clear legends & good shield detail, an attractive coin, GFine to AVF.
Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 4th May, 2022
To include a wide selection of early and late hammered coinage, including Anglo-Saxon and medieval examples, and milled coinage from the reign of Elizabeth I onwards.
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