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DM07645
Mary Tudor silver Penny, first type, plate coin in Spink Catalogue
Mary Tudor (1553-54), silver portrait Penny, Tower Mint, first type, crowned bust left with pearl earring and necklace, linear and beaded circles with abbreviated Latin legend with Roman style lettering surrounding, no initial mark, pellet stops, M'. D'. G'. ROSA. SINE. SPINA., rev. long cross fourchee over quartered shield, legend VERI TAS& TEMP FILIA, mint mark pomegranate after TAS, weight 0.58g (N.1962; S.2494 this coin). A little uneven in shape with a light crease, some light porosity and scratch behind bust, one light surface crack to reverse, otherwise fine, reverse very fine and extremely rare.
The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Mary, by the Grace of God, a rose without a thorn" and on the reverse "Truth, the Daughter of Time" a legend only used on Mary Tudor coinage.
Provenance:
The current Spink Standard Catalogue plate illustration (though wrongly labelled "2495" when this coin is 2494.
Ex Dr John Hulett Collection, part VI, Dix Noonan and Webb Auction 148, 18th September 2018, lot 341.
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