Exceptional Philip & Mary Shilling
TUDOR. Philip & Mary. 1554-1558. AR Shilling (32mm, 5.88 g, 1h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1554. + PHILIP · ET · MARIA · D · G · R · ANG · FR · NEAP · PR · HISP, confronted busts of Philip, armored, and Mary, veiled; crown above; 15 54 flanking crown / · POSVIMVS · DEVM · ADIVTOREM · NOSTRVM ·, crowned coat-of-arms; X II (mark of value) flanking crown. North 1967; SCBC 2500. Some deposits in legend, minor metal flaws. Richly toned. Good VF. A particularly well struck coin with two balanced and detailed portraits. Very rare this fine.
Ex Agricola (Spink 31, 12 October 1983), lot 144; Spink 6 (10 October 1979), lot 582; Dr. F. O. Arnold, collection acquired by Spink 1952; R. Carlyon-Britton (Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 375 [August 1949]), no. 8989.
