Lot 5089
Sale 53 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes
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Description
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 on the legend, otherwise good very fine, toned and very rare.
Ex. Spink Auctions, London, Sale 76, May 24, 1990 (lot 62, illustrated, Å“946). Of the 46 known specimens, 15 are in museums and 31 are in private collections.
- Estimate
- $2,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $2,500