Coins of Elizabeth I from the Collection of the late Walter Wilkinson (Part III)

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), East India Company, Portcullis coinage, 4 Testerns, mm. 0, stop after regina, 13.71g/7h (BCW 0-1A:0-a; Prid. 2; same obv. die as Bridgewater House 610, same rev. die as Salvesen 4 and Freehill 2924; S 2607B). A little double-striking, otherwise very fine or better and toned £8,000-£10,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Elizabeth I from the Collection Formed by Walter Wilkinson.

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Provenance: E. Grantham Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 February 1897, lot 66 (part); H.W. Morrieson Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1933, lot 320 (part); H.M. Lingford Collection [from Baldwin February 1944]; with Baldwin August 1978; SNC December 1992 (7481).

The plate coin in Spink’s Standard Catalogue of British Coins, 2000 edition, p.241