Mary Tudor, fine gold Sovereign, 1554 in Roman numerals, rarest date
Mary (1553-4), fine gold Sovereign of thirty shillings, 1554, full-length seated figure of Queen facing on throne, holding orb and sceptre, lis headed pillars to throne each sides, portcullis below, surrounded by treasure and beaded circles with Latin legend and date in Roman numerals, annulet stops and mint mark pomegranate after Queen's name, mARIA'+ D'. G'. ANG'. FRAn'. Z: hIB: REGInA: m:D:LIIII, rev. quartered shield at centre of Tudor rose, linear circles and Latin legend surrounding, A'. DnO'.+: FACTV'. EST: ISTV: Z: EST: mIRA'. In: OCVLI': nRIS'.:., weight 15.35g (Schneider 705; N.1956; S.2488). Toned with some light hairline surface marks and a little weakness in highpoints, with a good portrait of the Queen for this extremely rare 1554 dated issue one of less than ten known for the date, NGC have graded this coin as AU details on account of the fact they believe the coin plugged, however we can see no evidence of this and on further enquiry with NGC they believed it plugged at the letter O of OCVLI, however we see no evidence of anything untoward here, and the slight bulge at this point in the flan is a ghosting of the legend from the other side, all in all this is a very presentable good example of one of the rarest fine gold Tudor Sovereigns.
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Mary (1553-4), fine gold Sovereign of thirty shillings, 1554, full-length seated figure of Queen facing on throne, holding orb and sceptre, lis headed pillars to throne each sides, portcullis below, surrounded by treasure and beaded circles with Latin legend and date in Roman numerals, annulet stops and mint mark pomegranate after Queen's name, mARIA'+ D'. G'. ANG'. FRAn'. Z: hIB: REGInA: m:D:LIIII, rev. quartered shield at centre of Tudor rose, linear circles and Latin legend surrounding, A'. DnO'.+: FACTV'. EST: ISTV: Z: EST: mIRA'. In: OCVLI': nRIS'.:., weight 15.35g (Schneider 705; N.1956; S.2488). Toned with some light hairline surface marks and a little weakness in highpoints, with a good portrait of the Queen for this extremely rare 1554 dated issue one of less than ten known for the date, NGC have graded this coin as AU details on account of the fact they believe the coin plugged, however we can see no evidence of this and on further enquiry with NGC they believed it plugged at the letter O of OCVLI, however we see no evidence of anything untoward here, and the slight bulge at this point in the flan is a ghosting of the legend from the other side, all in all this is a very presentable good example of one of the rarest fine gold Tudor Sovereigns.
