Mary I of England Mary Tudor

€464,483.00
LocationSpain
Year1555
TypeCommemorative medals/Personality medals
CompositionGold plated bronze
Weight91.63 g
Diameter66 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeJacopo da Trezzo
Reference(s) MI#I-72-20 , Armand#I-241-3 2021, Börner#776 , Attwood#80
Obverse descriptionBust with decorated cap and embroided dress facing left.
Obverse letteringMARIA. I. REG. ANGL. FRANC. ET. HIB. FIDEI. DEFENSATRIX IAC. TREZ.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionAllegorical figure of Peace crowned and seated 3/4 to the right, holding palm and olive branches and burning torch on pile of weapons; rests one leg on cube; in the background on the right a circular temple surmounted by a radiant sun and on the left supplicant figures surmounted by clouds (alluding to the re-establishment of Catholicism in England).
Reverse letteringCECIS VISVS TIMIDIS QVIES
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
MintageND (1555)  - -
Catalog ID8725613600
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