Description
Header: Tudor Coins, Philip & Mary I, Silver Groat, Lis, 1554-1558, RARE
Denomination: Silver penny
Period: Tudor
Date: 1554-1558
Origin: London mint
Condition: AVF good portrait for this extremely rare coin, despite some clipping or damage to edges, this is a wonderful coin
Obverse: Crowned bust of Mary I, left, P Z M D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse: Royal shield over long cross that divides the legend, legend around CIVI TAS LON DON
Size and Weight: 13.5mm, 0.34g
References: S2510, North 1975
Features and Provenance: Ex Bonham’s, previously Timothy Medhurst
Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Henry was initially devoted to his first born but as she grew and his obsession for a son and heir intensified, his attentions drifted to Anne Boleyn. With the birth of Elizabeth, Mary was demoted to lady-in-waiting to her half sister, given the smallest room in the palace and styled Lady Mary instead of Princess. Henry tried to marry her off on multiple occasions but nothing was to materialise.
She became Queen in 1553 and married Philip, King of Spain a year later to bolster her Roman Catholic devotion, but he later abandoned her after a phantom pregnancy. She is also known as ‘Bloody Mary’ for her treatment of religious non-conformists where hundreds were put to death. She died during a flu epidemic that took a fifth of the population at the time! Elizabeth then ascended to the throne.
Mary I is not to be confused with the ‘Queen of Scots’ who was the only legitimate child of James V of Scotland.
Condition Summary. This varies with the age of coin and there are grades between
Uncirculated (U). As struck with no traces of wear
Extremely Fine (EF). Very slight traces of wear. all parts of legend etc present. visible and clear
Very Fine (VF). Some signs of wear on the higher parts of the relief. all parts of legend etc present. but maybe worn
Fine (F). Wear on the coin and parts of legend etc may be missing or not visible
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