The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. | Mary, Sole Reign (1553-1554), Sovereign, MDCLIII [1553], •°MARIA : (m.m.) : D .° G .° ANG . FRA | Z °. hIB .° REGINA : M :D:LIII, Queen seated on ornamented throne with very fine latice work and pellet backing, holding orb and sceptre, flanked by pellet-adorned pillars, Portcullis below atop ornate tressure through which it and only her crown breaks, rev. : A : DNO (m.m.) FACTV . EST : ISTV . Z : EST : MIRA . IN : OCVL : NRIS, annulet stops, Royal Shield set atop Tudor Rose, spandrels plain, 15.58g [240.6grns], 10h, m.m. pomegranate (Webb-Ware dies 2/2; Murdoch -/539 same reverse die; Drabble 144 same dies; Schneider I, 704 same dies; North 1956; Spink 2488), a transcendent Tudor talisman, presenting exceptionally full and in beautifully uniform high-relief, a pleasingly good extremely fine, very rare in this wondrous state, among the finer surviving examples Provenance The Lost Collection of Simon English Esq. Spink, by private treaty, 3 July 1974 - £3,500
