Lot 1976

Description

East India Company, General Trade coinage issue or 'Portcullis Coinage', Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver four testerns (four reales), mintmark O, (1600), 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). weak in places, otherwise good fine, toned and very rare.

Ex. H. Pegg Collection, Spink auctions London, Nov. 19, 1980 (lot 46, illustrated, Å“580), R.M. Grieg Collection, Spink Australia Sale 9 (lot 1673, $950). $$ Of the 46 known specimens, 15 are in museums and 31 are in private collections.