Extraordinary Gold Piece from Queen Bloody Marry up for auction in Germany
Valuable coin will be auctioned Friday by auction house Künker – starting price 480.000 eurosAn incredible rare gold medal celebrating the marriage of queen Mary Tudor – the famous “Bloody Mary” is being auctioned off at Künker Auctions in Osnabrück, Germany. The 151.80 gram gold piece with a diameter of 67.70 millimeters was designed and fabricated around the year 1554 as a present for her marriage with Philip II of Spain, the later King of Spain. Most likely only two pieces were ever made. They were at the time commissioned by Mary’s father as a present to the families of the of the bride