拍品描述： x The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck Collection of Numismatic Portraits from Medieval Flanders and Tudor England | Philip and Mary (1553-1554), Shilling, Tower, PHILIP • ET • MARIA • D • G • R • ANG • FR • NEAP • PR • HISP • busts vis-a-vis, crown above, no date, rev. • POSVIMS • DEVM • ADIVTOREM • NOSTRVM • [sic], crowned oval shield, dividing X-II, 6.33g [97.6grns], 11h, no m.m. (G R Francis, BNJ 1921-22, pp. 349; North 1967; Spink 2498), a trace of doubling to Philips portrait and softness to extremities, otherwise a truly splendid shilling, the portaits phenomenally bold for this notoriously weak type, the fields richly accentuated by age-old cabinet toning, approaching extremely fine for issue, extremely rare thus and an evident superior even to the record breaking Lockett specimen sold in these rooms in March 2011 Provenance Martin Hughes, Spink 139, 16 November 1999, lot 28 and Back Cover - a superb portrait coin, almost extremely fine, rare thus LaRiviere, Spink 124, 18 November 1997, lot 1737 and Back Cover SNC, April 1983, no.???? - £1,275 SNC, March 1982, no. 1679* - pleasing portrait, about EF - £1,550