Triton XXII, Lot: 1413. Estimate $20000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AV Sovereign (44.5mm, 15.36 g, 11h). Tower (London) mint; im: pomegranate. Dated 1553. : mΛRIΛ : (pomegranate) : D’ : G’ : ΛnG’ : FRΛ (retrograde Z) : hIB’ : RЄGInΛ : m : D : LIII (single and double annulet stops), Mary enthroned facing, holding scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right; portcullis below; all within ornate border / Λ : DnO’ (pomegranate) FΛCTV’ · ЄST : ISTV’ · Z : ЄST : mIRΛ’ · In : OCVL’ : nRIS’ · (single and double annulet stops), royal shield within Tudor rose. Schneider 704 (same dies); North 1956; SCBC 2488. Good VF, lightly toned.

Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 801 (June 1985), no. G61.