Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 2924 SESSION 10 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 20TH NOV) Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $8,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $20,000
ELIZABETH I, (1558-1603), East India Company, General Trade coinage issue or 'Portcullis Coinage', silver four testerns (four reales), mintmark O, (1600), (13.64 g), obv. crowned arms, around O: ELIZABETH. D;G; ANG; FRA; ET. HIBER; REGINA., crowned E R at sides, rev. O: POSVI. DEVM. ADIVTOREM. MEVM., around crowned portcullis, (Pr.2, S.2607B). Weak in places on the legend, otherwise good very fine, toned and very rare.
Ex Mark E. Freehill Collection, from Noble Numismatics Sale 53 (lot 5089, $2500) and coming from Spink Auctions, London, Sale 76, May 24, 1990 (lot 62, £946).
Of the 46 known specimens, 15 are in museums and 31 are in private collections.
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