Mary Silver Groat 1553-4AD exceptional for issue

Mary Silver Groat 1553-4AD exceptional for issue
24mm, 2.01g

Some light scratching both sides, wonderful iridescent tone and most unusual for this issue to be this well struck.

The daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, Mary restored the English coinage back to the sterling standard. Prior to her marriage to Philip of Spain, coins were issued in her own name only, as per this example.