Triton XX, Lot: 1573. Estimate $750. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AR Groat (23mm, 2.05 g, 12h). Tower (London) mint; im: pomegranate. mΛRIΛ : (im) : D’. G’. ΛnG'. FRΛ’. Z : hIB’. RЄGI’. (double and single annulet stops), crowned bust left / VЄRITΛ S TЄm PORIS FILIΛ, royal coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1960; SCBC 2492. Good VF, toned.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex John Work Garrett/Johns Hopkins University Collection (Part III, Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 29 March 1985), lot 848; idem. (Part II, 16 October 1984), lot 1027, purchased from Wayte Raymond, 26 March 1921.