1553-1554 AD. Obv: crowned profile bust left with MARIA D G ANG FRA [Z HIB] REGI legend and 'pomegranate' mintmark. Rev: long cross fourchee over royal arms with VERITAS TEMPOR[IS FIL]IA legend. S. 2492; N. 1960.1.81 grams. ("). Property of a Hertfordshire gentleman. Daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catharine of Aragon. Famed for her attempts to reverse the English Reformation and restore Catholicism, Mary I had almost 300 religious dissenters burned at the stake. Her marriage to Philip of Spain was hugely unpopular with the English populace, giving rise to Wyatt's Rebellion. Mary endured a tragic phantom pregnancy, possibly uterine cancer, and died childless in 1558. Mary Tudor returned English coins to the sterling standard. [No Reserve]