Triton XXI, Lot: 1431. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AV Angel (28.5mm, 5.10 g, 8h). Class II/I mule. Tower (London) mint; im: pomegranate. mΛRIΛ · (pomegranate) · D’· G’· ΛnG’· FRΛ’ · (retrograde Z) : hIB’ · RЄGInΛ · (pellet stops), Archangel Michael slaying dragon to lower right, spear topped by cross-crosslet / Λ · DnO’ · FΛCTV’ · ЄST : ISTVD (pomegranate) Z : ЄST’ · mIRΛBI’ · (annulet stops), ship bearing shield and cross; M and rose flanking cross. Cf. Schneider 722/712 (for obv./rev. dies); North 1958; SCBC 2490A/2490 (for obv./rev.). VF, struck from lightly worn dies.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection.