Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20th November 2019

Lot 28

Mary Tudor (1553-1554)

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300

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Description

Mary Tudor (1553-1554), The State of England, cast bronze medal, 1554, by Jacopo da Trezzo (c. 1514-1589), bust of Mary, to left, wearing an elaborate gown and cap adorned with jewels, beaded border, rev. Peace seated on a throne, temple to right, supplicant figures beset by hailstorms to left, above, heavenly rays, below, water, CECIS VISVS TIMIDIS QVIES, 65 mm (Eimer 33; Attwood 80; Arm I, 241/3; Scher Currency of Fame, 54), possibly a contemporary cast, some tooling to portrait, field and reverse, pierced, very fine.